Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Deale, Luther F., 1952 

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LUTHER FRANKLIN DEALE 

  Luther Franklin Deale, 85, a prominent farmer of the Newsoms community, died 
at the residence at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, December 17. 

  A member of the Boykins Baptist Church, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. 
Louise Drewry Deale; two sons, William H. Deale of Cradock and James Deale of 
Newsoms; and three sisters, Mrs. Mollie Williams of Wilmington, N.C., and Mrs. 
Annie Vincent and Miss Minnie Deale, both of Newsoms. 

  Final rites were held at the grave in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, on Friday 
afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. N.B. Habel, pastor of the deceased, 
officiating.  The casket was covered with a pall of lavender and white 
chrysanthemums and carnations. 

  Honorary pallbearers were members of the Baracca Bible Class.  Active 
pallbearers were Reuben S. Bryant, Dr. S.H. Dodd, John B. Felts, Russell Gray, 
J.W. Holland, T.H. Porter, D.B. Rountree and Frank Stephens. 


Luther Franklin DEALE, Newsoms farmer, 
b. 1 Dec 1867, Southampton Co., d. 17 Dec 1952, at home, Southampton Co., 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 219*), Boykins, 19 Dec 1952, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 48, No. 10, Fri., Dec. 26, 1952, p. 6 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Betty Smith - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #68334377. 

D.Cert. 29720 (Boykins #16) 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," July 23, 1959, Sect. 1, p. 8) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d400l1ob.txt 

His father William Henry DEAL (1840 - 1916) was a Confederate veteran, 
   having served as a private in Co. C, 16th VA Infantry.  He is buried 
   in the DEAL family cemetery, Cross Keys Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 6 (MV-VI-33): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.txt 


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