Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Campbell, Zephia Brown, 1948 

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Mrs. Campbell Dies, Aged 72 

  FRANKLIN, Oct. 12. - Mrs. Zephia Brown Campbell, 72, of Franklin, died 
tonight at a Raiford hospital after a short illness. 

  She was the widow of the late Robert C. Campbell and the daughter of the 
late Zephia [sic; Zephaniah] and Mary Downs Brown, of Hertford County, N.C. 
She was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church and a teacher there for many 
years.  She was also active in the Woman's Missionary Society.

  She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Lyle Smith, of Franklin; Mrs. Ashby 
Blythe, of Franklin; Mrs. Charles Scarborough, of Richmond and Mrs. James B. 
Davis, of Lekin, Kans.; three sons, Fred Campbell, of Richmond, Thomas 
Campbell, of Keystone Heights, Fla., and James S. Campbell, of Franklin; 10 
grandchildren; one half-sister, Mrs. Mary Baker, of Portsmouth, and a half-
brother, Grover Vann, of Hampton. 

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ZEPHIA BROWN CAMPBELL

   Mrs. Robert Courtney Campbell, prominent citizen and churchwoman of our 
town, died Monday night, October 11, after a brief illness in her 73rd year. 
She was a native of Hertford County, N.C., and had made her home here since 
1907, when the family moved from Norfolk to Franklin.  In the year her husband 
founded the Campbell Grocery Company, a wholesale business which he operated 
successfully until his death on October 1, 1931.

   Mrs. Campbell had led an unusually full and active Christian life.  She 
was the daughter of the late Zephaniah Brown and Mrs. Deborah Downs Brown of 
Hertford County.  A member of the Franklin Baptist Church, she was for many 
years teacher of the King’s Servants Bible class, leader in the Helen 
Henderson circle of the Woman’s Missionary Society, and president of the 
Woman’s Missionary Society.  She was a graduate of Chowan College.

   Surviving her are four daughters, Mrs. Lyle Smith and Mrs. Ashby Blythe of 
Franklin, Mrs. Charles Scarborough of Richmond, and Mrs. James B. Davis of 
Lakin, Kans.; three sons, Fred Campbell of Richmond, Thomas Campbell of 
Keystone Heights, Fla., and James S. Campbell of Franklin; ten grandchildren; 
one half-sister, Mrs. Mary Baker of Portsmouth; and two half-brothers, Jack 
Vann of Ahoskie, N.C., and Grover Vann of Hampton.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Campbell were held Thursday afternoon at 4:30 
o’clock from the Franklin Baptist Church, and were conducted by Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson, a former pastor, assisted by Rev. Randolph L. Gregory.  Burial 
was in the family plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Zephia (BROWN; Mrs. Robert C. {Sr.}) CAMPBELL, of Franklin, 
b. 19 Mar 1876, Winton, Hertford Co., NC, d. 11 Oct 1948, age 73, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 4*), Franklin, 
   14 Oct 1948, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 25, No. 161, Tues., Oct. 12, 1948, p. 8; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 15, 1948, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 23718 (Franklin #105) 

Her husband's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Oct. 2, 1931, p. 15) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c514r2ob.txt 

Her parents m. 16 Aug 1874 in Winton, Hertford Co., NC.  
   Her mother 2m. ca. 1878 James Jesse VANN.  J.J. 2m. 1899 Tulie THOMAS. 


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