Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Roy, 1971 

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ROY EDWARDS

   A funeral service for Roy Edwards, 68, of Franklin was held Sunday at 2 
p.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins with W.J.M. Holland 
and Sons Funeral Home in charge.

   Pallbearers were Jack Holland, Clyde Eley, Willie Burrow, Robert Majette, 
Dr. Garner Edwards Jr., John Abbitt, Herman Eley and Joe King.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the son of Walter W. and Mrs. 
Manettie Gardner Edwards and the husband of Mrs. Eunice Spivey Edwards.

   He was a member of Franklin Baptist Church and Bruner Bible Class.  He was 
also a member of Franklin Knights of Pythias.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by a nephew, Dr. Garner Edwards, and three 
nieces, Mrs. George L. Cohen, Mrs. T.W. Joseph and Mrs. B.E. Bradshaw.


Roy EDWARDS, of Franklin, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 12 Nov 1971, age 68, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 100A*), Franklin, 
   14 Nov 1971, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 18, 1971, Section II, p. 3 

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

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

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 20, 1922, p. 1), with his parents' 
   marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363m5ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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