Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cotton, Francis S. Gardner, 1952 

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FRANCES GARDNER COTTON

   Mrs. Fannie Gardner Cotton, 61, a lifetime resident of Franklin, died 
about 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, May 20, in the Medical College Hospital, 
Richmond, after a brief illness.

   She was a daughter of the late George A. and Mrs. Mary Cotton Gardner of 
Franklin.  A member of the Franklin Baptist Church, she had taught in the 
primary department of the Sunday school for 35 years, was a member of the 
Woman’s Missionary Society, and participated in other activities of the 
church.

   Surviving are her husband, Dellie C. Cotton, Sr., and a son, Dellie C. 
Cotton, Jr., both of Franklin; two grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Percy Cobb 
of Franklin; and two brothers, Chesley W. Gardner of Murfreesboro, N.C., and 
George A. Gardner, Jr., of Norfolk.

   Final rites were conducted Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the 
Franklin Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, assisted by Rev. 
R.D. Stephenson, a former pastor.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the 
pallbearers being R.H. Allen, Harold S. Atkinson, Lloyd A. Darden, Frank Day, 
Jr., Maxie R. Day, William H. Jennings, J.B. Johnson and Leland P. Simmons.


Francis "Fannie" S. (GARDNER; Mrs. "Dellie" C. Sr.) COTTON, 
lifetime resident of Franklin, d. 20 May 1952, Richmond, age 61, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 14*), Franklin, 
   22 May 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 23, 1952, p. 20 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

Additional information: 

Delaware "Dellie" Cephas Cotton, 26, s, So.Co., So.Co., Clerk, 
   s/o James Sephas and Margarette Rosa Vaughan Cotton 
m. 01-23-1913 Franklin, So.Co., Va. by Rev. J.L. McCutcheon 
Francis "Fannie" S. Gardner, 22, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o George A. Sr. and Mary M. Cotton Gardner 
(Southampton Co. MB15:107; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

012. m. 01/23/1913, Southampton Co., by J.L. McCutcheon 
D.C. Cotton, 26, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o J.S. & M.R. Cotton, Clerk 
Fannie S. Gardner, 22, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o Geo. & M. Gardner 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb15pt.txt) 

Her father was buried in Poplar Spring, unmarked, and has been added to 
   the list of Fannie's plot.  His 1945 obits are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g635g1ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c350f1ob.txt