Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Allen W. Hearn, 1940 

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ALLEN W. HEARN EDWARDS

   Mrs. Allen W. Edwards, 78, mother of Mrs. Jordan Beale Powell of our town, 
died at Raiford Hospital on December 23, following a brief illness.  Mrs. 
Edwards was the widow of Joel Taylor Edwards of Isle of Wight County and the 
daughter of the late Burton Warren and Mrs. Martha W. Hearn of Delaware.  She 
was a member of Trinity Methodist Church of Newport News, moving her 
membership from Smithfield, Virginia, where she had lived for many years.

   Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. William M. Porter and Mrs. T.W. Duell of 
Norfolk; Mrs. J.B. Powell of Franklin, and Mrs. S.J. Noreck of Smithfield, 
N.C.; one brother, Athlin Hearn of Parkersburg, W.Va.; one son Joel Taylor 
Edwards, Jr. of Syracuse, N.Y., and three grandchildren, Mrs. Virginia Tennis 
and Warren Orr, of Newport News and Dr. Jordan B. Powell, Jr., of Ahoskie, N.C.

   Funeral services were conducted at 11 o’clock December 26 at the home of 
her daughter, Mrs. J.B. Powell, in West Franklin, by the Rev. B.B. Bland and 
the Rev. R.D. Stephenson.  The casket was covered with a pall of Easter lilies 
and red roses and there were many other floral tributes.  The choir of the 
Methodist Church sang "Silent Night, Holy Night."  Active pallbearers were Dr. 
J.B. Powell, Jr. of Ahoskie; Ryland Hill of Woodland; Clyde Tennis, Warren 
Orr, and Thomas Osborne, of Norfolk; J.J. Finley, Robert E. Coggsdale and W.R. 
Atkinson of Franklin. Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Allen W. (HEARN; Mrs. Joel T. {Sr.}) EDWARDS, formerly of Smithfield, 
Delaware native, d. 23 Dec 1940, Franklin, age 78, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 132*), Franklin, 
   26 Dec 1940, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 3, 1941 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Her marriage record - 

Joel T. Edwards, 29, single, b. & res. Isle of Wight, 
   sn/o John & Susan, Farmer 
Allen W. Hearne [sic; Hearn], 19, single, b. Delaware, 
   dt/o Berton [sic; Burton] W. & Martha W. 
m. 3 Feb 1881, Isle of Wight, by J.E. Deshaso [sic; Deshazo] 
(Isle of Wight Co. M.Reg. 1881 p. 197 #21) 


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