Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Camp, Edith W. Clay, 1977 

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EDITH WEST CLAY CAMP

MRS. EDITH C. CAMP, CULTURAL LEADER OF FRANKLIN

   FRANKLIN - Mrs. Edith Clay Camp, the widow of William McCutcheon Camp and a 
women's and cultural leader of the area, died Wednesday afternoon in her home 
on Meadow Lane after a brief illness.

   A native of Selma, Ala., she was a daughter of the late Mayor Jefferson 
Leon Clay and Mrs. Edith West Clay.

   She was a member of Franklin Baptist Church and attended Hollins College 
and Columbia University.  She was a active member of the Marion (S.C.) Church, 
where she and her late husband lived 18 years.  He was a partner in Camp 
Manufacturing Co.

   Upon moving to Franklin, she was chairman of the Shade Tree Commission, a 
charter member of the Franklin Garden Club, Friends of the Library, Rufus King 
Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Southampton 
Historical Society.

   She is survived by two sons, William M. Camp, Jr. of Franklin and S. Clay 
Camp of Keswick, Va.; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

   The body was taken to Wright Funeral Home, Franklin.  A funeral will be 
held Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. Ira Hudgins. 
The family asks that flowers be omitted and memorial donations may be made to 
the American Cancer Society.

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Mrs. Edith C. Camp 

  FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Mrs. Edith Clay Camp, widow of William 
McCutcheon Camp, was held Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery, by 
the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins. 

  Pallbearers were Robert Ray, Jack Ray, Sol Rawls, Jr., Jack Camp, Whit Day, 
Rick Shire, John Munford, Toy Savage, Clay Camp and Jeff Camp. 


Edith West "Cissie" (CLAY; Mrs. William M. [Sr.]) CAMP, civic leader, 
b. 13 Jan 1903, Selma, Dallas Co., AL, d. 23 Nov 1977, at home, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 43*), Franklin, 25 Nov 1977, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Thurs., Nov. 24, 1977; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 55, No. 285, Wed., Nov. 30, 1977, p. 2 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt] 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #93083908. 

D.Cert. 77-034388 

Her parents are buried in Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, AL. 


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