Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carr, Nathan L., 1933 

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NATHAN LEMUEL CARR

   Nathan L. Carr, well-known resident of Franklin died at his home here 
Sunday morning.  Mr. Carr was 63 years old and had been a deacon in the 
Franklin Baptist Church for several years and a member of the Bruner Bible 
Class of that institution.  He was a member of the Woodmen of the World, 
Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

   Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Mary E. Carr; a daughter, Mrs. R.C. Branch 
of Franklin; two sons, E. Roy Carr of Roanoke and John M. Carr of Newport 
News; five brothers, G.R. Carr of Portsmouth, W.G. Carr of Zuni, J.H. Carr of 
Newport News, R.B. Carr of Suffolk and B.H. Carr of South Norfolk; one sister, 
Mrs. R.L. Corbitt of Zuni, besides a number of step-children and grandchildren.

   Funeral services were held at the Franklin Baptist Church Monday afternoon 
conducted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson and Mr. Carr’s nephews, Rev. W.H. Corbitt, 
pastor of the Holland Baptist Church and Rev. Rufus Corbitt, a student at the 
Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.  Mrs. J.M. Carr and Mrs. 
H.G. Cobb sang as a duet, "Nobody Loves You Like Jesus."

   Active pallbearers were J. Linwood Edwards, Joe Bynum Gay, P.R. Camp, R.J. 
Tucker, B.L. Holt, John M. Camp, E.F. Gray and J.A. Johnson.  Members of the 
Bruner Class acted as honorary pallbearers.  Interment was made in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery, the floral tributes being many and beautiful.


Nathan Lemuel CARR, 
d. 19 Feb 1933, at home, Franklin, age 63, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 45B*), Franklin, 
   20 Feb 1933, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 24, 1933 

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

Additional information: 

Nathan Lemuel was the son of Nathan CARR & Eliza C. JOHNSON, 
   who married 16 Oct 1862, Southampton Co. (MB1A:21; M.Reg. p. 12 #24); 
   issue: George Robert, William C., Edwin W., Nathan L., John H., 
          Nancy Rebecca "Nannie" (m. 3/6/1890 Robert Lee H. CORBITT), 
          Richard Blanton, and Bunyon H. CARR. 

Lemuel appears in the 1900 Census in Chuckatuck District (e.d. 22, sheet 18B), 
   Nansemond Co. 

His first wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 20, 1931) is posted at:  
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c600m1ob.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," June 13, 1960, p. 4) is posted at:  
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c600m3ob.txt 


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