Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dameron, Miriam Layne, 2000 

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MIRIAM LAYNE DAMERON 

  Miriam Layne Dameron, 86, a 62-year resident of the Franklin community, died 
Dec. 26, 2000, at the East Pavilion.  Mrs. Dameron was a native of Goochland 
County and was the widow of Thomas Judkins Dameron Sr. and a daughter of the 
late George Washington and Carrie Armentrout Layne.  She was a longtime member 
of Franklin Baptist Church and an avid gardner who shared the fruits of her 
labor of love with friends and neighbors. 

  Survivors include a daughter, Nancy D. Scott and her husband, Bobby C. 
Turner, of Franklin; a son, Thomas J. Dameron Jr. and his wife, Beverly, of 
Annandale; a sister, Evelyn L. Bowles of Richmond; three grandchildren, Mark 
Scott of Centreville, Md., Leslie Myers of Centreville, Va., and Eric Dameron 
of Annandale; and four great-grandchildren.  Mrs. Dameron was predeceased by 
two brothers and three sisters, who were all of the Richmond area, George 
Layne, Harvey Layne, Valley Booth, Emma Gathright, and Ruth Ellis. 

  A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Wright Funeral Home 
with the Rev. Dr. Roy DeBrand officiating.  The burial will be at Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at Nancy and Bobby's, 425 
Crescent Drive, Franklin, and suggest that expressions of sympathy may be made 
in the form of contributions to the American Heart Association, c/o Mrs. June 
Duck, 100 Fairview Drive, Franklin, VA 23851, or Franklin Baptist Church, 208 
N. High Street, Franklin, VA 23851. 


Miriam (LAYNE; Thomas J. Sr.) DAMERON, 
b. 3 Sep 1914, Goochland Co., d. 26 Dec 2000, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Sect. C, Plot 1B*), Franklin, 
   28 Dec 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Dec. 28, 2000, p. B9 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

Her parents are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, as is her sister 
   Vallie.

Sisters Emma & Ruth are buried in Goochland Baptist Church Cemetery. 

Their brother Harvey is buried in Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, 
   Goochland Co. 


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