Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Doughtie, Lillie Modlin, 1956 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LILLIE NORA MODLIN DOUGHTIE MRS. LILLIE M. DOUGHTIE Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Modlin Doughtie, prominent resident of Zuni, were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home. Rev. L.B. Allen, pastor of Black Creek Baptist Church, officiated, assisted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson, former pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church, and Rev. George Kissinger of Achilles, Gloucester County. Mrs. Doughtie, 76, died late Monday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hoen M. Edwards. She was the widow of Joseph Lee Doughtie of the Black Creek community and the daughter of the late Joseph Thomas and Mary Hill Modlin of Hertford, N.C. She was an active member of Black Creek Baptist Church. Survivors, in addition to her daughter, are a grandson, Hoen M. Edwards, Jr., of Zuni; two brothers, J.W. Modlin of Virginia Beach and H.L. Modlin of Knoxville, Tenn., and a number of nieces and nephews. Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Active pallbearers were W.R. Ward, M.E. Ward, E.W. Modlin, J.R. Modlin, V.E. Modlin, E.E. Modlin, Dr. E.M. Babb and J. Letcher Eley. Lillie Nora (MODLIN; Mrs. Joseph L.) DOUGHTIE, of Zuni, Hertford Co., NC native, d. 10 Dec 1956, at daughter's home, age 76, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 60A*), Franklin, 12 Dec 1956, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thursday, Dec. 13, 1956 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt Her husband's obits ("Tidewater News," Dec. 31, 1953, p.8 & Jan. 7, 1954) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d230j2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d230l1ob.txt