Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carter, Joseph F., 1930 

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JOE FLETCHER CARTER 

   Joe Fletcher Carter, a well-known young farmer of the Newsoms community, 
died at his home on November 19, age 39 years, after an illness of nine 
months.  Mr. Carter was the son of the late Joseph Thomas Carter and Mrs. 
Marie Evelyn Carter, and had been a faithful member of Sunbeam Baptist Church 
since his early youth.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Thorp Carter 
and seven children, William, Joe Thorp, Edward, Franklin, Calvin, Charles and 
Julia; by his mother; five brothers, E.A. Carter of Cumberland, C.H., Va., 
Clyde H. Carter of Suffolk, E. Beale, H.B. and J.L. Carter Carter of Newsoms; 
five sisters, Mrs. W.H. Ansell of Portsmouth, Mrs. V.S. Culpeper and Mrs. B.L. 
O’berry of Suffolk, Mrs. H.J. Hancock of Sedley and Mrs. P.S. Worrell of 
Newsoms, besides a large family connection and many friends.

   The funeral services were conducted from the late home by his pastor, Rev. 
L.E. Dailey of Newsoms, assisted by Rev. R. Harrison Marks of the Newsoms M.E. 
Circuit, in the presence of a large assembly of sorrowing friends.  Hymns sung 
included: "Sometime We’ll Understand," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," and "The 
Christian’s Goodnight."  The body bearers were: E.A., Clyde H., E. Beale and 
H.B. Carter, P.S. Worrell, H.J. Hancock, B.L. O’berry and J.L. Beale.  The 
honorary bearers were: R.L. Barnes, D.C. Ricks, R.N. Beale, Dr. B.A. Pope, 
S.R. Vick, R.A. Bunn, C.C. Thorp, C.F. Whitfield, J.H. Stephenson and J.Q. 
Worrell.


"Joe" Joseph Fletcher CARTER, farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 19 Nov 1930, at home, near Newsoms, age 39, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 5, 1930, p. 7 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-15): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His widow & her mother are bu. in Elim Meth.Ch. Cem, Florence, SC. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #102814582 & #102814596 gives Elim Bible Ch.) 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 23, 1931) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c636m1ob.txt 


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