Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Draper, Maggie Conner, 1956 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MARGARET JANE CONNER DRAPER MRS. MARGARET JANE DRAPER Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Jane Draper, wife of the late Andrew Jackson Draper and affectionately known as "Mama Draper" were held in the Boykins Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon, August 12 at 4 p.m. with interment in Beechwood Cemetery. Mrs. Draper was in her 92nd year, having been born December 3, 1864 in Northampton County, N.C., the daughter of late Elijah W. and Barbara Powell Conner. Mrs. Draper is survived by four sons, L.F., H.V. and G.W. Draper, all of Boykins, and Leslie Draper of Richmond; four daughters, Mrs. Don L. Farmer of Ashland, Ky., Mrs. George Wakefield of Quito, Ecuador, S.A.; Mrs. Neill P. Thompson of Arlington, and Mrs. Bernard C. Eckenrode of San Juan, Puerto Rico; 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. One son Eugene T. Draper, preceded her in death. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W.S. Ferguson, pastor of the Boykins Methoidst Church. Mrs. H.M. Purviance, accompanied at the organ by Mrs. E.W. Bryant, sang a favorite of the deceased. "His Eye Is on the Sparrow." Active pallbearers were her grandsons and grandsons-in-law; A.K. Lassiter, L.F. Draper, Jr., Joe Draper and Raymond Parker, all of Boykins, T.J. Draper of Seaboard, N.C., Lt. R.F. Marks, Jr., of Sumter, S.C., E.B. Lipps of Luray, J.A. Brown of Rocky Mount, N.C. and Norton Wakefield of Miami, Fla. The many lovely floral designs attested to the love and esteem Mama Draper held in the hearts of all who knew her, for to know her was to love her. [Maggie Jane (CONNER; Mrs. Andrew J.) DRAPER, 3 Dec 1864, Northampton Co., NC - Aug 1956, age 92, bd. Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, 12 Aug 1956, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 15 Aug 1956] [file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager.]