Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dickens, Charles W., 1941 

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CHARLES WALTER DICKENS

   Charles Walter Dickens, 70, a lifelong resident of Southampton County, died 
Tuesday morning at his home near Courtland after an illness of several weeks. 
He was the son of the late Jesse and Sallie Bowles Dickens of North Carolina.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura A. Dickens; a daughter, Mrs. F.L. 
Marks; a son, Claude S. Dickens, both of Courtland, and a sister, Mrs. Rosa M. 
Hill of Capron.

   Services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from the 
residence by the Rev. W.W. Beasley of Courtland, assisted by the Rev. W.A. 
Edwards of Courtland.  The hymn "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" was sung by the 
choir and Mrs. C.W. Parker and Mrs. T.P. Gilbert sang "Does Jesus Care?"

   Pallbearers were J.J. Dickens, John Hill, Ashton Applewhite, Thomas 
Vaughan, E.R. Davis, D.C. Gillette, George Vargo, Emmett Babb and J.E. 
Whitfield.  Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.


Charles Walter DICKENS, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., d. 26 Aug 1941, age 70, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 56*), Courtland, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

*Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His parents are also marked in the same plot at Riverside, but they are buried 
   in a "DICKINS" family cemetery on Meherrin Rd. 

His widow's (donated, 1963) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d252l1ob.txt 


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

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