Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Coggsdale, Robert E., 1974 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ROBERT ELLIS COGGSDALE FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Robert E. Coggsdale, 76, was held Sunday, Feb 24, in Poplar Spring Cemetery by Rev. Charles Smith, W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home was in charge. Pallbearers were J.E. Henry, W. Tall Jones, Carlton Cutchin, A.W. Livesay, R.H. Powell III, Charles C. Powell, George H. Parker Jr. and Story Cutchin. Coggsdale, of 833 Clay St., husband of Mrs. Myrtle Banks Coggsdale, died Saturday in Southampton Memorial Hospital. A native of Southampton County, he was a member of Franklin Congregational Church, a retired automobile dealer, and a past president of Franklin Lions Club. Other survivors include five sisters, Mrs. Mamie Jones and Mrs. Vashti Hawa of Franklin, Mrs. Iola Tebout of Norfolk, Mrs. Kate Korahaes of Virginia Beach, and Mrs. Irene Sleeper of Tarpon Springs. Fla.; and a brother, James A. Jones of Franklin. Robert Ellis COGGSDALE, of Franklin, retired automobile dealer, Southampton Co. native, d. 23 Feb 1974, Franklin, age 76, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 194*), Franklin, 24 Feb 1974, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 28, 1974, p. 5A *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt His mother (2m. JONES) is buried in Annex 2, Plot 93/113. Robert's foster parents - maternal uncle James R. BOYETTE & wife Annie B. (CARR) BOYETTE - are buried in Annex 2, Plot 243. His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 3, 1953), with records of both of her marriages appended, is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j520f3ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c234r2ob.txt