Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Joseph H., 1929 

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JOSEPH HENRY EDWARDS

   Joseph Henry Edwards died Sunday, April 21, at his home on the Courtland-
Franklin highway following a stroke of paralysis sustained April 12. He was 
born July 17, 1879, his parents being the late William E. Edwards and Mrs. Mary 
Speight Edwards.

   The funeral and burial services were held at the family cemetery at the 
Gilliam Edwards place where he made his home. The services were conducted by 
Rev. Kenneth E. Burke, pastor of Courtland Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. S.E. 
Jones, pastor of Courtland M.E. Church. Those serving as pallbearers were: H.A. 
Gillette, C.W. Williams, E.F. Babb, B.L. Edwards, Tyler Edwards and J.R. Blythe. 
Mr. Edwards is survived by one sister, Mrs. Z.V. Cross of Whaleyville and three 
brothers, W.E. Edwards, R.G. Edwards and H.C. Edwards of Courtland.


[Joseph Henry EDWARDS, b. 17 Jul 1879, d. 21 Apr 1929, at home, US 58, 
 interred in the family cemetery, Gilliam EDWARDS place*, 2 May 1939, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 3, 1939] 

[*There is an EDWARDS Cemetery in Vol. II of the Southampton County Historical 
 Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project (II-4), located on Unity Rd. (Rt. 603)- 
 described as being on the estate of Hoen EDWARDS, Sr., and behind the house of 
 Mrs. A.M. HANN- which includes a William Gilliam EDWARDS, but there are no 
 stones on the graves, and no indication as being identical with that above: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt] 

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