Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Lula Griffin, 1957 

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LULA GRIFFIN EDWARDS

Lula Griffin Edwards Dies In Hospital 

  FRANKLIN - Mrs. Lula Griffin Edwards, 87, died at a Norfolk hospital 
Thursday at 3:55 p.m., after a short illness. 

  She was the daughter of the late William Henry and Mrs. India Hatfield 
Griffin and wife of the late William F. Edwards. 

  She was a native of Southampton County and a member of Black Creek Baptist 
Church. 

  Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. Lois M. Lewis of Norfolk and Mrs. 
Hazel Carr of Bowers Hill; a granddaughter, Mrs. Marian Carroll of Baton 
Rouge, La.; a grandson, Wayne Lewis of Norfolk; three sisters, Mrs. Hunter 
Blythe of Franklin, Mrs. Bernice Carter of Walters, Isle of Wight County, 
and Mrs. Odell Spivey of Smithfield. 

  The body has been taken to the Holland Funeral Home in Franklin pending 
funeral arrangements. 

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MRS. LULA G. EDWARDS

   Mrs. Lula Griffin Edwards, 67, a former resident of the Black Creek 
community, Southampton County, died Thursday February 28, at 3:55 p.m. in a 
Norfolk hospital after a short illness.  She had been making her home in 
Norfolk with her daughter, Mrs. Lois M. Lewis. 

   Mrs. Edwards was the widow of William Fletcher Edwards and the daughter of 
the late William Henry and Mrs. India Hatfield Griffin.  She was a native of 
Southampton County and a member of Black Creek Baptist Church. 

   In addition to Mrs. Lewis, she is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Hazel 
Carr of Bowers Hill; a granddaughter, Mrs. Marian Carroll of Baton Rouge, La; 
a grandson, Wayne Lewis of Norfolk; three sisters, Mrs. Hunter Blythe of 
Franklin, Mrs. Bernice Carter of Walters and Mrs. Odell Spivey of Smithfield. 

   Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Black Creek Baptist 
Church with Rev. Len B. Allen, pastor, and Rev. W.C. Norcum, pastor of the 
Indiana Methodist Church, Portsmouth, officiating.  Burial was in Rosemont 
Cemetery, Sedley. 

   Active pallbearers were Edward Blythe, D.C. Blythe, Kelly Blythe, Cecil 
Edwards. E.S. Edwards, Jr., and J.P. Bradshaw. 


Lula (GRIFFIN; Mrs. Wm. Fletcher Jr.) EDWARDS, 
b. 8 Oct 1889, Southampton Co., d. 28 Feb 1957, Norfolk, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley, 3 Mar 1957, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 35, No. 51, Fri., Mar. 1, 1957, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 7, 1957 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-25): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 3350 (Norfolk #377) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 23, 1956) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363w1ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in the GRIFFIN family cemetery, Black Creek Rd. 
   at Burdette Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-34): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 


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