Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Herbert C., 1947 

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HERBERT CLAIBORNE EDWARDS

   People of Courtland and the surrounding territory were saddened by the 
death Saturday morning, March 15, in a Richmond hospital of Herbert C. 
Edwards.

   Mr. Edwards, well known and popular merchant at the county seat, had been 
in ill health for several months.  At the time of his death he was 63 years 
of age.

   A native of Southampton County, Mr. Edwards had spent his entire life in 
or near Courtland.  He was a son of the late William E. and Mary Speight 
Edwards of Southampton County, and was the oldest deacon of the Courtland 
Baptist Church.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Amos Edwards and a son, Herbert, 
both of Courtland; two brothers, W.E. and R.G. Edwards, also of Courtland; 
and a sister, Mrs. Sallie E. Cross of Whaleyville.

   On Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock funeral services were conducted at 
the residence in Courtland  by Rev. N.D. Blackman of the Baptist Church, 
assisted by Rev. Percy D. White of the Methodist Church.  The body was laid 
to rest in the Courtland cemetery, with the following neighbors and friends 
acting as pallbearers: Junius W. Pulley, Wilbur J. Manry, R.B. Story, H.B. 
McLemore, Jr., W.B. Ellis, E.D. Priggen, B.A. Gillette, and G.M. Raines.


Herbert Claiborne EDWARDS, Courtland merchant, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 15 Mar 1947, Richmond, age 63, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 42A*), Courtland, 
   16 Mar 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 21, 1947, p. 4 

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

His widow's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," May 25, 1961, p. 4) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363e5ob.txt 


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