Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Joseph W., 1956 

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JOSEPH WARREN EDWARDS

   Joseph Warren Edwards, 80, lifelong resident of Southampton County, died 
Monday morning, November 5, in Raiford Memorial Hospital after an illness of 
more than four weeks.

   Mr. Edwards, who was employed by the State of Virginia before retiring four 
years ago, was the husband of Mrs. Annie Rebecca Williams Edwards of Courtland 
and the son of the late Newit and Elizabeth Screws Edwards of Southampton 
County.  He was a member of the Courtland Methodist Church.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Hyla Edwards 
Whitfield of Courtland and Mrs. Virginia Edwards Vick of Norfolk; three 
grandchildren, Thomas E. Bass, Jr., of Ashland, Mrs. William E. McKim of 
Orlando, Fla., and Miss Cynthia Vick of Norfolk; two brothers, B.L. Edwards, 
Sr., of Courtland and L.T. Edwards, Sr. of Franklin, and a number of nieces 
and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the chapel of W.J.M. 
Holland and Sons Funeral Home with Rev. C.A. McCormick, Jr., pastor of the 
Courtland Methodist Church, officiating.  Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, 
Courtland.


Joseph Warren EDWARDS, retired state employee, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., d. 5 Nov 1956, Franklin, age 80, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 18*), Courtland, 
   7 Nov 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 8, 1956, Sect. I, p. 5 

*His bro Bennett Lee EDWARDS is buried in Section I, Plot 8. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Their bro Luther Thomas EDWARDS is buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin- 
   Annex 3, Section B, Plot 16.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Polar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 


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