Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Manetta F. Gardner, 1922 

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MANETTA F. GARDNER EDWARDS

   Mrs. Manetta Gardner Edwards, wife of W.W. Edwards of this town, died at 
her home in First avenue Friday, January 13, after a long illness which she 
had borne with patience and unmurmuring resignation.  The deceased was in her 
fiftieth year and was the daughter of the late Ezra J. and Elvira Anne Gardner 
of Courtland.  On November 11, 1896 she was united in marriage with W.W. 
Edwards and for seven years thereafter they made their home in the Berlin 
community.  Eighteen years ago the family moved to Franklin where they have 
lived and been useful and favorably known citizen of our town.  Besides her 
bereaved husband, Mrs. Edwards is survived by three sons, Gardner T., Roy and 
Herbert Edwards, all of this place, and two sisters, Miss Margaret O. Gardner 
of Franklin and Mrs. W.H. Spear of Kinston, N.C.

   She was a faithful and consistent member of the Franklin Baptist Church 
Saturday afternoon, January 14, at 2 o'clock by her Pastor, Rev. M.A. Maclean, 
assisted by Rev. C.W. Scarborough, interment following in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery.  The pallbearers were: active, R.E.L. Watkins, W.H. Lankford, E. 
Frank Story, C.F. Whitfield, R.C. Campbell, S.R. Nicholson, J.F. Bryant, Jr., 
J.A. Johnson; honorary, C.E. Pond, G.T. Caroon, G.H. Beale, M.E. Lawrence, 
P.D. Camp, A.W. Hayes, F.E. Howell, W.E. Smith, J.E. Edwards, Tyler Edwards, 
L.M. Edwards, J. Riddick Edwards, J.B. Vaughan, Henry Gardner.


Manetta Florence "Nettie" (GARDNER; Mrs. Walter W.) EDWARDS, 
b. Southampton Co., VA, d. 13 Jan 1922, at home, Franklin, age 50, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section II, Plot 100A*), Franklin, 
   14 Jan 1922, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 20, 1922, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Her sons Gardner T. & Herbert are buried in Poplar Spring, Annex 3, Section B- 
   Plots 35A & 85B, respectively: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

Her parents are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland - 
   Episcopal Section, Plot 23.  SCHS Riverside list (C-23): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Additional information: 

Walter Wellons Edwards, No age given, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   s/o Mills Riddick and Susanna Bowden Edwards, Merchant
m. 11-11-1896 Courtland, So.Co., Va. by Rev. J.E. Jones
Manetta "Nettie" F. Gardner, 24, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o Ezra J. and Elvira Ann Gardner
(Southampton Co. MB9:51; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb09pt.txt) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," May 12, 1933, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363w6ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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