Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Bessie G. Story, 1963 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ BESSIE GLENN STORY EDWARDS Mrs. Betty* Story Edwards, 66, a native of Southampton County and Portsmouth resident for the past 36 years, died Sunday at 11:40 a.m. in a hospital after a long illness. She was the wife of Reuben F. Edwards and a member of First Congregational Christian Church and Merriam Chapter 94 Order of Eastern Star. Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. David L. Spaulding of Washington and two grandchildren. Funeral service was held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in First Congregational Christian Church. Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. Bessie Glenn (STORY; Mrs. Reuben F.) EDWARDS, of Portsmouth, Southampton Co. native, d. 25 Aug 1963, age 66, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 51A*), Franklin, 27 Aug 1963, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 29, 1963, Sect. I, p. 3 *Gravemarker gives "Bessie S. Edwards." Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363b5ob.txt