Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Samuel R., 1936 

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SAMUEL ROBERT EDWARDS 

  Samuel Robert Edwards, aged 51, a resident of Norfolk for the past 18 years, 
died yesterday morning at a local hospital after an illness of two weeks.

  Funeral services will be conducted at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Roy 
E. Johnson, on Norfleet Street, Franklin, this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.  The 
Rev. H.W. Davis, pastor of Franklin Methodist Church, will officiate.  Burial 
will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

  Mr. Edwards was a son of Mrs. Telitha Whitley Edwards and the late Newitt 
Calvin Edwards, of Franklin.  Surviving besides his mother, are his wife, Mrs. 
Daisy Nicholson Edwards; one daughter, Miss Evelyn Edwards; one son, Stanley 
Edwards, all of Norfolk; four sisters, Mrs. J.V. Milteer, Mrs. C.C. Blythe, 
Mrs. Roy E. Johnson, and Mrs. Rosie Stephenson, all of Franklin; two brothers, 
E.L. Edwards, of Washington, and Calvin W. Edwards, of Franklin, and a number 
of nieces and nephews.

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SAMUEL ROBERT EDWARDS

   Samuel Robert Edwards, native of Southampton County, a former Franklin 
citizen, and for the past 18 years a resident of Norfolk, died in that city 
Monday morning in his 51st year after an illness of two weeks.

   Mr. Edwards was a son of Mrs. Talitha Whitley Edwards and the late Newitt 
Calvin Edwards, of Franklin.  Surviving, besides his mother, are his wife, 
Mrs. Daisy Nicholson Edwards; one daughter, Miss Evelyn Edwards; one son, 
Stanley Edwards, all of Norfolk; four sisters, Mrs. J.V. Milteer, Mrs. C.C. 
Blythe, Mrs. Roy E. Johnson and Mrs. Roscoe Stephenson, all of Franklin; two 
brothers, E.L. Edwards of Washington, and Calvin W. Edwards of Franklin, and 
a number of nieces and nephews.

   The body was brought to Franklin and funeral services were conducted from 
the home of his sister, Mrs. Roy E. Johnson, in Norfleet Street Tuesday 
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by the Rev. Henry W. Davis of High Street M.E. 
Church, burial following in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  The pallbearers were M.G. 
Councill, E.K. Brinkley, S.W. Lankford, R.C. Branch, Geo. R. Brown and John 
Beaton of Franklin, Tom Evans and W.B. Graves of Norfolk.


Samuel Robert EDWARDS, of Norfolk, formerly of Franklin, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 16 Mar 1936, Norfolk, age 51, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 21A*), Franklin, 
   17 Mar 1936, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Mar. 17, 1936, p. 2; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 20, 1936 

*His parents are buried in the same plot. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Additional information: 

SAMUEL ROBERT EDWARDS, 28, S, SO.CO., SO.CO., 
   S/O NEWITT CALVIN AND TALITHA FRANCES WHITLEY EDWARDS 
M. 10-19-1911 SOUTHAMPTON CO., VA, BY REV. JAMES L. GREEN 
DAISY MANNING NICHOLSON, 19, S, SO.CO., SO.CO., 
   D/O JOSEPH MANNING AND ELLA JOYNER NICHOLSON 
(Southampton Co. MB14:374; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

180. m. 10/19/1911 Norfolk, VA, by Jas.T. Green 
S.R. Edwards, 28, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., Carriage Trimmer, 
   sn/o N.C. & T.F. Edwards 
Daisy Nicholson, 19, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o Jos. & E. Nicholson 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb14pt.txt) 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 25, 1952, p. 9) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363d1ob.txt 

An abstract of his father's death certificate (1918-374-11091) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/e363n1dc.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 16, 1942, p. 5) is posted at:  
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363t2ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363s3ob.txt