Southampton County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cotton, George M., 1968 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ GEORGE MURRAY COTTON PORTSMOUTH, VA. - George Murray Cotton, 74, of 3901 South St., died Saturday at 8:05 p.m. in a hospital. A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Cotton and the husband of the late Mrs. Geneva Boulds Cotton. He was a member of Westhaven Baptist Church and a retired fuel oil dealer. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alma Ruth of Portsmouth and Mrs. Mary Spruill of Norfolk; a son James M. Cotton of Portsmouth; a sister, Mrs. Mattie F. Archer of Portsmouth; and six grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Snelling Funeral Home by the Rev. Donald R. McNair. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. The family will be at 3919 Scott St. George Murray COTTON, of Portsmouth, retired fuel-oil dealer, Southampton Co. native, d. 6 Jan 1968, age 74, interred in Oak Grove Cemetery (Section H, Plot 77*), Portsmouth, 8 Jan 1968, donated obit, newpaper unknown *His parents**, wife, and an unnamed baby are also buried in the same plot. Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives, Cemeteries, Oak Grove list: http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/portsmouth/cemeteries/oakgrove2.htm **I am taking Ida Bell (BUTLER) COTTON (1875-1923) to be his mother; no m.rec. found in Southampton Co. for her. George L. COTTON (1862-1949) m. Mattie S. VAUGHAN. George L. Cotton, 24, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., sn/o A.H. & Elmina C. Cotton, Farmer Mattie S. Vaughan, 20, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., dt/o Edgar & Josephine Vaughan m.lic. 4 Dec 1886, by clerk J.B. Prince m. 9 Dec 1886, at residence of J.J. Darden, Southampton Co., by R.A. Ricks (Southampton Co. MB6:93) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Joan Brinkley, and Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c350g1ob.txt