Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Herbert, 1969 

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HERBERT EDWARDS

   A graveside funeral service for Herbert Edwards was conducted at 11 a.m. 
Friday in Poplar Spring Cemetery by Dr. Ira D. Hudgins and the Rev. Robert D. 
Fridley.  W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home was in charge.

   Pallbearers were J.R.  Howerton, Dennis L. Brett, Marion Whitfield, J. 
Felton Johnson, G.E. Pillow, Robert A. Vaughan, J.E. Wright and Dr. Leroy 
Smith.

   Edwards, 63, a peanut buyer and sportsman, died Wednesday in Southampton 
Memorial Hospital after a long illness.

   A native of Franklin, he was the husband of Mrs. Hazel Evans Edwards and a 
son of Walter W. and Mrs. Manetta Gardner Edwards.

   He was a buyer for Birdsong Storage Co., Pretlow Division, and worked for 
the company 45 years.

   He was a member of Franklin Baptist Church and a past president of its 
Bruner Baptist Church, a charter member and a past president of Franklin Lions 
Club, a charter member of a past president of Franklin Cotillion Club, and a 
member of Camp P.D. Hunt Club, Tidewater Beagle Club, Sawdust Hunt Club, 
Pheasant Pluckers International Club, and Cypress Cove Country Club.

   Besides his widow, surviving are two daughters, Mrs. T.W. Joseph of Winston 
Salem, N.C., and Mrs. D.E. Bradshaw of Manassas; a brother, Roy Edwards of 
Franklin; and a granddaughter.


Herbert "Monk" EDWARDS, Birdsong Storage peanut buyer, 
Franklin native, d. 26 Feb 1969, Franklin, age 63, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 85B*), Franklin, 
   28 Feb 1969, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 3, 1969, p. 8 

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

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 3, 1981, p. 9) is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363h1ob.txt 


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