Southampton County-Portmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cornwell, John R., 1960 

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JOHN ROBERT CORNWELL

   John Robert Cornwell, 61, retired Franklin businessman, formerly of 
Portmouth, died Saturday, January 16, at 4:15 p.m. in Raiford Memorial 
Hospital, Franklin after an illness of several months.

   He formerly ran a restaurant in Franklin and prior to that had been 
in the painting business.

   A native of Catawba, S.C., he was a son of Richard and Mrs. Gertrude 
Cornwell.  He was a member of the Baptist Church in Catawba.

   Besides his wife, Mrs. Madeline Brinkley Cornwell, surviving are four 
sons, Robert R. Cornwell and Richard E. Cornwell, both of Portsmouth; John 
R. Cornwell, Jr., of Franklin and Alton B. Cornwell of Reno, Nev.; one 
daughter, Mrs. Shirley Stainback of Franklin; nine grandchildren; one 
brother, Ward Beech Cornwell of Rock Hill, S.C., and two sisters, Mrs. C.S. 
Hunsucker of Rock Hill, S.C., and Mrs. Madge Stanley of Rockingham, N.C.

   Funeral services were held at Snellings Funeral Home, Portsmouth, Tuesday 
at 3:30 p.m. by the Rev. Ira Hudgins, pastor of Franklin Baptist Church, and 
the Rev. Glenn Weaver, pastor of West Side Christian Church.

   Pallbearers were S. Clifton Finley, Herbert L. Bryant, S.L. Maddrey, Elmer 
E. Hall, W.C. Edwards and P.L. Lipscomb.

   Burial was in Olive Branch Cemetery.


John Robert CORNWELL, retired Franklin businessman, formerly of Portmouth, 
Catawba, SC native, d. 16 Jan 1960, Franklin, age 61, 
interred in Olive Branch Cemetery*, Portmouth, 19 Jan 1960, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 25, 1960, p. 7] 

*Portmouth Public Library, Olive Branch list. 
https://www.portsmouthpubliclibrary.org/DocumentCenter/View/154/C---E-PDF 


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