Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, W. Fletcher Jr., 1956 

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WILLIAM FLETCHER EDWARDS JR.

   Funeral services for William Fletcher Edwards, Jr., 71, who died early 
Saturday morning, August 18, were held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Black 
Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Len B. Allen, pastor, officiating. 

   Mr. Edwards, a well-known farmer of the Black Creek community, died at Blue 
Ridge Sanatorium after an illness of several months. He was the husband of Mrs. 
Lula Griffin Edwards and the son of the late William F. and Louisa Webb Edwards 
of Southampton County. He was a member of Black Creek Bapitst Church and its 
Men's Bible Class. 

   Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Smith Lewis of 
Norfolk and Mrs. Lollie Carr of Bowers Hill; two grandchildren, Mrs. Marion 
Carroll of Baton Rouge, La., and Wayne Lewis of Norfolk; two great 
grandchildren; two brothers, C.C. Edwards of Franklin and David S. Edwards of 
Zuni; a sister, Mrs. Percy Bradshaw of Franklin, and a number of nieces and 
nephews. 

   Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. Active pallbearers were A.C. Carr, 
Jr., A.E. Drewry, E.A. Drewry, R.R. Bradshaw, Alvin Brock and Charlie Holland. 


William Fletcher EDWARDS, Jr., farmer, 
b. 2 May 1885, Southampton Co., suicide 18 Aug 1956, Albemarle Co., 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 21 Aug 1956, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 23 1956 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-25): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

D.Cert. 19390 (Charlottesville #406) states he died of internal injuries 
   three hours after jumping out a 3rd-story window at Blue Ridge Sanatorium, 
   where he was being treated for pulmonary tuberculosis. 

His widow's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," Mar. 1957) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363l1ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Black Creek list (BC-13): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 


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