Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Camp, Elizabeth C. Rawls, 2000 

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ELIZABETH R. CAMP 

  Elizabeth Rawls Camp, 91, a resident of Ivor, Va., and the widow of J. 
Winston Camp, passed away Aug. 5, 2000, in Bon Secour Retirement Community, 
Chester, Va. 

  Mrs. Camp and her husband, Winston, were active, loved and respected members 
of the Ivor community for many years.  She was born Feb. 28, 1909, in 
Franklin, Va., one of the nine children of Uriah and Nannie Cotton Rawls.  She 
had retired in 1974 as a Virginia Public School teacher after 40 years of 
service in the Ivor school system, often teaching as many as four generations 
of the same family during her career. 

  She was an active member of Ivor Baptist Church, serving in many capacities 
including head of the primary department, teacher of the Young People's Sunday 
School Class, the Young Adult Class and the Ladies Class for many years.  She 
was a member of the General William Mahone Chapter, United Daughters of the 
Confederacy, a member and chaplain of The Virginia Society of Dames and its 
Court of Honor, the Society of Colonial Dames of the 17th Century.  She was 
proud of her membership in the Frances Bland Randolph Chapter NSDAR, having 
served as historian and DAR Good Citizenship Chairman and chairman of the 
Bi-Centinnial of the Constitution of the United States of America of the DAR. 

  She served as vice president of the Southampton Educational Association, was 
active in the Ivor PTA and the Ivor Woman's Club, serving as president of both 
organizations, and was a volunteer in numerous activities of the town, 
organizing plays and programs to help support the Ivor Fire Department and 
Ivor Rescue Squad. 

  She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Nancy Temple and Kenneth 
Temple of Chester, Va.; a son and daughter-in-law, J.W. Camp Jr. and Donna 
Camp of Grapevine, Texas; two sisters, Odell R. Scarborough of Miami, Fla., 
and Nellie Jones of Edenton, N.C.; a brother, Uriah Rawls Jr. of Orange, 
Texas; five grandchildren, Elizabeth Temple Doggett of Richmond, Karen Camp of 
Atlanta, Ga., Sharon Camp Swink of Oklahoma City, Okla., Ann Camp Rouse of 
Williamsburg and James Wilkinson Holland Camp of Seaford; a step grandchild, 
Melanie Place of Euless, Texas; seven great-grandchildren, Christopher, 
Zachary, Megan and Stephanie Doggett, Brady Rawls Rouse, Brooks Rouse and 
Winston Watkins; and a step great-grandchild, Mackenzie Place. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Ivor Baptist Church. 
Burial will be in Ivor Cemetery . The family will receive friends from 7 to 
8:30 p.m. Monday at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield.  Memorial donations may 
be made to the church. 


Elizabeth Corrine (RAWLS; Mrs. J. Winston) CAMP, of Ivor, retired teacher, 
b. 28 Feb 1909, Franklin, d. 5 Aug 2000, Chester, 
interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 8 Aug 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Aug. 6, 2000, p. B9 

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

Her parents are buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin - Sect. 2, Plot 61. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 25, 1938, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420u1ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 24, 1962, p. 8), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420n1ob.txt 


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