Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Clayton, Allen B., 1954 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ALLEN BERNARD CLAYTON Funeral services for Allen Bernard Clayton, 81, who died last Friday at Ivor, where he had lived throughout his entire life, were conducted last Sunday afternoon at the graveside in Ivor Cemetery by the Rev. Julian Orrell, pastor of the Baptist Church there. Mr. Clayton died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Archer R. Gardner, after a long illness. The widower of Mrs. Belle Bradshaw Clayton, who preceded him in death seven years ago, Mr. Clayton leaves two other daughters, Mrs. Roger G. Harrell of Norfolk and Mrs. Mack D. Hobbs of South Norfolk, a brother, Paul Clayton of Zuni; two granddaughters and a number of nieces and nephews. He was the son of the late Allen Augustus and Margaret Heffington Clayton of Southampton County. Pallbearers were Dr. E.M. Babb, L.T. Saunders, Jr., W.C. Rawls, R.B. Pulley, Marsden Pulley, John P. Clayton, Richard Clayton and L.A. Brantley. Allen Bernard CLAYTON, retired farmer, Southampton Co. native, d. 14 May 1954, at daughter's home, Ivor, age 81, interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 16 May 1954, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 20, 1954 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Ivor list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 4, 1947, p. 15) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c435b1ob.txt.txt His brother Arthur is buried in a CLAYTON family cemetery on Clayton Rd. Their father, whose funeral was at home, has been added to the list. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 9 (IX-30): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol9.txt Their father's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 24, 1920, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c435a2ob.txt.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/c435a3ob.txt