Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Nelia B. Griffin, 1948 

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NELIA B. GRIFFIN EDWARDS 

   Mrs. Nelia Griffin Edwards, aged 74 years, a lifelong resident of 
Southampton County, died Wednesday night, January 21, after a brief illness 
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.T. Worrell, near Courtland.

   She was the widow of the late P.B. Edwards Sr., of this county, and the 
daughter of the late Benjamin and Nelia Griffin*, also of the county.  She 
was a member of the Capron Baptist Church, in which she served for many years.

   Mrs. Edwards is survived by five sons, P.B. Edwards, Jr., W.B. Edwards, 
and C.F. Edwards, all of Joyner, J.D. Edwards of Capron, and L.R. Edwards of 
Emporia; three daughters, Mrs. P.T. Blood of Richmond, Mrs. W.T. Worrell of 
Courtland, and Mrs. J.N. Johnson of Emporia; one sister, Mrs. L.P. Williams 
of Capron; and thirteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

   Funeral services will be conducted this (Friday) afternoon at 2:30 o’clock 
from the home of Mrs. Worrell by Rev. H.B. Jennings of Drewryville.  Interment 
will be made in the Capron cemetery.


"Neely" Nelia Belle (GRIFFIN; Mrs. "Peter" P.B. Sr.) EDWARDS, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., 
d. 21 Jan 1948, at daughter's home, near Courtland, age 74, 
interred in Capron Cemetery**, 23 Jun 1948, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 23, 1948, p. 10 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-11): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

*Her father is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms, with his widow, 
   Lydia Jane (FERGUSON) GRIFFIN.  He had been married previously, and 
   it has not been ascertained whether Lydia was Nelia's birth-mother. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-38): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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