Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dickens, Bessie L., 1978 

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BESSIE LEE DICKENS

Ms. Bessie Lee Dickens, age 83, died Tuesday, November 21, 1978, in 
Southampton Memorial Hospital.  A native of Southampton County, she was the 
daughter of the late Joseph Reid and Ellen Bryant Dickens.  She was a member 
of Capron United Methodist Church, a graduate of Blackstone College and 
Longwood College.  She had taught for three years in the Southampton public 
school system.  Surviving are one sister, Miss Helen A. Dickens of Capron; 
one niece, Mrs. Charles Bielaski of Annandale; one sister-in-law, Mrs. J.J. 
Dickens of Williamsburg and two great-nieces.  A funeral will be held 
Thursday, 11 A.M. in Capron United Methodist Church by the Rev. Van E. Cash. 
Burial in Capron Cemetery.  Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, in charge of 
arrangements.  The family suggests memorials be made to the Capron Church 
Building Fund.


Bessie Lee DICKENS, former Southampton Co. teacher, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 21 Nov 1978, Emporia, age 73, 
interred in Capron Cemetery*, 23 Nov 1978, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Thurs., Nov. 23, 1978, p. 32 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-9): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

Her mother's obits ("Tidewater News," Feb & Mar 1951) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d252e1ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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