Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Davis, Franklin L., 1971 

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FRANKLIN LEONIDAS DAVIS

   A funeral service for Franklin Leonidas Davis, 84, of Courtland, was held 
Friday at 3 p.m. in Riverside Cemetery by the Rev. Bobby T. Tyson.

   Pallbearers were his grandsons J.P. Bankes, F. Lon Davis III, Davis B. 
Collinger, Richard F. Collinger, J. Dudley Woodard III, and J. Douglas 
Williams III.

   A native of Southampton County, he lived in the Courtland area all of his 
life.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Maude Barber David and a son of Leonidas W. and 
Mrs. Josephine Newton Davis.

   He was a retired farmer and rural mail carrier.

   He was a member of Courtland United Methodist Church and served on its 
Board of Stewards more than 40 years.  He was a member of Courtland Masonic 
Lodge 85, a past district deputy grand marshal of the 32nd Masonic District, 
and a charter member of Courtland Ruritan Club.

   Besides his widow, surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Doris D. Bankes of 
Radnor, Pa., Mrs. Barber D. Williams of Richmond, Mrs. Nette Woodard of 
Courtland, and Mrs. Alice Kollinger of Easton, Md.; a sister, Mrs. Ida D. 
Williams of Courtland; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

   The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the 
building fund of Courtland United Methodist Church.


Franklin Leonidas DAVIS, of Courtland, retired farmer and rural mail carrier, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 4 Nov 1971, age 84, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section II, Plot 19*), Courtland, 5 Nov 1971, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 8, 1971, p. 8 

*His parents are buried in the Episcopal Section, Plot 26. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His widow's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Mar. 4, 1976, p. 22) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d120m5ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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