Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Jesse T., 1936 

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JESSE THOMAS EDWARDS

DEATH OF JESSE T. EDWARDS

   Jesse Thomas Edwards, citizen and farmer of the Franklin community, died 
suddenly Thursday morning at his home after a brief illness. He was 70 years 
of age, a native of this county and a quiet, unassuming man who was liked and 
esteemed by those who knew him. 

   Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. India Crumpler Edwards; two sons, Ryland T. 
and Willie Claude Edwards; a daughter, Mrs. Theon A. Darden, all of the 
Franklin community; seven grandchildren and one brother, S.H. Edwards of 
Capron. 

   Mr. Edwards was a consistent member of Sycamore Baptist Church, and funeral 
rites will be conducted from his home this (Friday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock 
by his Pastor, the Rev. Floyd P. Davis, assisted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson of the 
Franklin Baptist Church. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Sycamore 
Church. The active pallbearers are: Lee Vaughan, W.O. Cotton, I.Q. Wiggins, Ray 
Vaughan, James A. Johnson, Alfred Cobb, E.L. Vaughan and James E. Daughtrey. 


[Jesse Thomas EDWARDS, farmer of Franklin, 
 Southampton Co. native, d. 30 Jan 1936, age 70, 
 interred in Sycamore Church Cemetery, 31 Jan 1936, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 31, 1936] 

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