Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Mabel F., 1958 

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MABEL FUSCHIA EDWARDS 

IVOR - Miss Mabel Fuschia Edwards, 79, well-known resident of Ivor, died 
Wednesday night at Leigh Memorial Hospital, Norfolk, after a short illness.

  She was a daughter of Robert M. and Mrs. Frances Griffin Edwards of 
Southampton County. She was a member of Ivor Baptist Church, and had been 
active in all phases of church work for many years.

  Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. G.C. Nibletts of Ivor, Mrs. Proctor 
Barrett of Altavista and Mrs. H.W. Stephenson of Atlanta, Ga., one niece 
and one nephew.

  Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Holland 
Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Horace Twine, pastor of Ivor Baptist church. 
Burial will in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin.

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MABEL FUCHSIA EDWARDS

   Miss Mabel Fuchsia Edwards, 79, of Ivor died in Leigh Memorial Hospital, 
Norfolk, on Wednesday night, April 2.

   Miss Edwards was the daughter of the late Robert M. and Frances Griffin 
Edwards.  She was a member of the Ivor Baptist Church.

   A sister of the late Mrs. J.J. Bristow of Franklin, she is survived by 
three sisters, Mrs. G.C. Niblett of Ivor, Mrs. Proctor Barrett of Altavista, 
and Mrs. Warren Stephenson of Atlanta, Ga.; also by one nephew and one niece.

   Funeral services for Miss Edwards were held in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland 
& Sons on Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, with Rev. Horace Twine, pastor of 
the Ivor Baptist Church, officiating.

   Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Active pallbearers were William 
O. Bristow, Jr., Garland Davis, Jimmie Fisher, Burton McLemore, G.E. Pillow, 
J.W. Pulley, Jr., Marsden Pulley and Russell West.


Mabel Fuchsia EDWARDS, of Ivor, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 2 Apr 1958, Norfolk, age 79, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 91*), Franklin, 
   5 Apr 1958, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Apr. 4, 1958, p. 12; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 10, 1958, Sect. II, p. 6 

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

Her parents are buried in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Black Creek list (BC-12): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 


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