Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Deal, M. Louisa Harrison, 1901 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. M. L. Deal. (Special Dispatch to The Times.) BOYKINS, VA., Dec. 13. - Mrs. M. Louisa Deal, wife of Mr. W.H. Deal, a highly respected citizen and successful farmer of this section, died very suddenly at noon yesterday, aged sixty-six years. She was a most excellent lady and a consistent member of the Methodist Church. Her pastor, Rev. T.O. Edwards, conducted the funeral services this afternoon. The interment was on the home place. A husband, two sisters - Mrs. Woodard Nelson and Mrs. Thomas Nelson, both of North Carolina - two step-children - Mr. Luther Deal and Miss Minnie Deal - survive her. Mary Louisa (HARRISON; Mrs. William Henry) DEAL [DEALE], b. Jun 1834, VA, d. 12 Dec 1901, at home, near Boykins, interred in the VINCENT (DEAL) family cemetery*, Cross Keys Rd., 11 Dec 1901, "The Times" (Richmond, VA), Vol. 16, No. 266, Dec. 14, 1901, p. 2, col. 3 *Unmarked; added to the cemetery list, where her widower is buried. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (MV-VI-33): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.txt Birthdate from the 1900 Census - Boykins Dist., Southampton Co. Her husband, a blacksmith, owned (free from mortgage) Farm #270. His obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 9, 1916, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d400w1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d400l3ob.txt