Southampton-Halifax County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Emmons, Mabel Reese, 1967 

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MRS. MABEL R. EMMONS 

  BOYKINS - Mrs. Mabel Reese Emmons, 70, died Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in her home. 

  A native of Halifax County, she was a daughter of Joel Albert and Mrs. 
Pattie Greenwood Reese and the wife of Willard R. Emmons. 

  She was a member of Boykins Baptist Church and a charter member of Boykins 
Woman's Club. 

  Besides her husband, surviving are two daughters, Miss Ann E. Emmons of 
Richmond and Miss Mildred G. Emmons of Atlanta; two sisters, Mrs. A.G. Smith 
of Maidens, Va., and Mrs. John G. Moffett of Fishersville; and a brother, 
Robert R. Reese of Richmond. 

  A funeral service will be conducted Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in Boykins Baptist 
Church by the Rev. Ben B. Ussery.  Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery, 
Boykins, with McDowell Funeral Home in charge. 


Mabel (REESE; Mrs. Willard Ross) EMMONS, 
b. 7 Mar 1897, Halifax Co., d. 31 Dec 1967, at home, Boykins, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 3, Sect. J, Plot 222*), Boykins, 
   2 Jan 1968, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 46, No. 1, Mon., Jan. 1, 1968, p. 2, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #68785476, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Betty Smith - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #68785476. 

D.Cert. 67-036198 

Her parents, Joel Albert & Pattie (GREENWOOD) REESE, are buried in 
   Oak Ridge Cemetery, South Boston, Halifax Co. 

Katie m. Frank 16 Jan 1896, at age 16 (SO.Co. MB8:512): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb08pt.txt 


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