Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carr, Arthur C. Sr., 1971 

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ARTHUR CLIFTON CARR

   A funeral service for Arthur Clifton Carr Sr., 74, of Franklin was held 
Sunday at 3 p.m. in Black Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. Sidney Cowies 
and the Rev. Edwin C. Thorton Jr.

   Burial was in the church cemetery.

   Pallbearers were T.J. Blythe Jr., Ocie Beale, John Mumford Jr., A.S. 
Bradshaw, D.S. Edwards Jr., and Robert Lowe.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Miles L. and Mrs. 
Elizabeth Joyner Carr and the husband of Mrs. Bertie Corbitt Carr.

   He was a 60 year member of Black Creek Baptist Church of which he was a 
trustee and deacon and a former Sunday school superintendent.

   He was a member of Black Creek-Burdette Ruritan Club and a veteran of 
World War I.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons, Arthur C. Carr, Jr., 
Miles L. Carr and Hugh Carr of Franklin; eight grandchildren; and two great-
grandchildren.


Arthur Clifton CARR, Sr., of Franklin, WW-I veteran, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 23 Apr 1971, age 74, 
interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery*, 25 Apr 1971, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 22, 1971, p. 7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Black Creek list (BC-9); his parents are there also (BC-10): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

His widow died only a week later.  Her obit ("Tidewater News," 
   Apr. 29, 1971, Sect. II, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c600b2ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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