Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dillon, Elizabeth A. Rawls, 1944 

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ELIZABETH ANAH RAWLS DILLON

   Mrs. Elizabeth Anah Dillon died at her residence on South High Street on 
Monday, December 4, after several weeks’ illness.  She was in her eighty-
second year and had lived in Franklin since early infancy, moving here with 
her parents from Rose Hill Farm, her birthplace in Southampton County.  During 
her long life she had witnessed many of the changes incident to the growth and 
developed of the town.

   Mrs. Dillon was the eldest daughter of the late William Everett and Martha 
Jane Holland Rawls and the wife of the late John Richard Dillon of Franklin. 
She was a woman of sterling qualities, a kind and helpful neighbor, and a 
mother unrivaled in conscientious devotion to the development of upright 
Christian character in her children.

   She was a faithful member of the American Legion Auxiliary and of the 
United Daughters of the Confederacy, whose activities always won her ardent 
support.

   She leaves one daughter, Miss Bessie F. Dillon of Franklin; two 
grandchildren, Miss Ann Dillon and W.W. Dillon, Jr., of Franklin; one sister, 
Mrs. M.R. Thigpen of Franklin, one nephews, S.B. Savage of Alexandria; two 
nieces, Miss Martha Savage of Franklin and Mrs. Henry Deyerle of Charleston, 
S.C.

   Funeral services were conducted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson and interment was 
in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Pallbearers were Wayland Jones, Percy Vaughan, 
J.L. Rountree, C.H. Daughtrey, R.L. Wellons, and J.S. Morgan of Suffolk.


Elizabeth Anah (RAWLS; Mrs. John R.) DILLON, 
b. "Rose Hill Farm"* Southampton Co., 
d. 4 Dec 1944, at home, Franklin, age 81, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 12**), Franklin, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 8, 1944 

*There is a "Rose Hill Farm" in the records of the SCHS Cemetery Project, 
   site of the KELLO Cemetery, on Indian Town Rd. (Rt. 651), Courtland, 
   but there is no indication that farm is identical with the decedent's 
   birthplace.  For comparison, see the cemetery file (II-42): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Her amrriage record - 

J.R. Dillon, 48, single, b. Georgia, res. Southampton, 
sn/o Michael & Elizabeth Dillon, Engineer 
E. Anna Rawls, 25, single, b. & res. Southampton, 
dt/o Wm.E. & M.J. Rawls 
m.lic. 10 Jan 1889 by clerk B.F. McLemore 
m. 16 Jan 1889 Franklin, Va. (her mother's residence) 
   by P.D. Gold, Minister of the Gospel 
(Southampton Co. MB6:432) 

In addition to losing an infant daughter, she was predeceased by her son 
   William Woodfin DILLON {Sr.}. His obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 12, 1930): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d450w1ob.txt 
   His death certificate: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/d450w1dc.txt 

Her mother's obituary ("Tidewater News," Mar. 14, 1919, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420m1ob.txt 

Her mother's death certificate (1919-458-10272), with her marriage record 
   appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420m1ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) & 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d450e1ob.txt