Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Franklin, 1965 

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FRANKLIN EDWARDS

FRANKLIN EDWARDS DIES; REVENUE OFFICIAL, 77

   FRANKLIN - April 4 - Franklin Edwards, 77, commissioner of revenue here for 
45 years, died Sunday.

   Mr. Edwards served as a captain in the 116th Virginia Infantry Regiment and 
during World War I he commanded a company through the Meuse Argonne battle in 
France.  During World War II he was a major in command of the Virginia State 
Guard at Franklin, Suffolk and Newport News.

   He was educated at Franklin Military Academy, Virginia Polytechnic 
Institute and Wake Forest College, where he took academic and law degrees.  He 
also studied chemistry at Johns Hopkins University.

   Mr. Edwards was a charter member and one of the first commanders of the 
Southampton post of the American Legion, a charter member and past president 
of the Franklin Rotary Club and a member of Franklin Baptist Church.

   A funeral service will be held at 2:30 Tuesday in Poplar Spring Cemetery, 
with military honors.


Franklin EDWARDS, Franklin Commissioner of Revenue, veteran of WWI & WWII, 
d. 4 Apr 1965, Franklin, age 77, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 4*), Franklin, 
   6 Apr 1965, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Apr. 5, 1965, p. 4 

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

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 4, 1918, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363l4ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 28, 1949, p. 4) is posted at:  
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363a2ob.txt 


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