Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Coggsdale, Laura A. Johnson, 1950 

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LAURA ALMA JOHNSON COGGSDALE 

   Mrs. Laura Alma Coggsdale, 65, widow of John Mitchell Coggsdale of the 
Franklin community, died Tuesday afternoon, December 26, at Raiford Memorial 
Hospital after an illness of short duration.

   The daughter of the late James Lewis and Mrs. Fannie Worrell Johnson of 
Southampton County, she was a member of Sycamore Baptist Church.

   Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. F.L. Whitley, Mrs. Gertie L. Griffin, 
Mrs. J.C. Cutchin, Mrs. Mary Duck and Mrs. Gladys Babb, all of Franklin, and 
Mrs. Annie Brock of Sedley; three sons, John W. Coggsdale of Handsom, Jesse 
Coggsdale of Franklin, and James A. Coggsdale of Baltimore, Md.; 25 
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; seven sisters, Mrs. Johnnie 
Garris, Mrs. mary Franks, Mrs. Carrie Beale, Mrs. Corinne Mitchell, Mrs. 
Margaret Holland and Mrs. Maude Gardner, all of Portsmouth, and Mrs. Sarah 
Harrell of Norfolk; one brother, D.C. Johnson of Portsmouth; and several 
nephews and nieces.

   Services for Mrs. Coggsdale were conducted at Sycamore Baptist Church on 
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. Otis L. Gilliam of Courtland, with 
burial in the church cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Hunter Darden, John L. Eley, Jr., Roy Gordon, Dr. J.W. 
Lambdin, Harry Steinhardt, C.C. Vaughan, 3d, and Nurney Whitley.


Laura Alma (JOHNSON; Mrs. John M.) COGGSDALE*, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 26 Dec 1950, Franklin, age 65, 
interred in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 1, Plot 7**), 28 Dec 1950, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 29, 1950, p. 7 

**Her mother & mother-in-law are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (MV-IV-30): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

*Her Find a Grave Mem. (#57858561) gives COGSDALE, but the photo of her 
   monument shows COGGSDALE. 


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