Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fox, John E. Sr., 1958 

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JOHN ELWOOD FOX 

JOHN FOX, SR., FORMER BANKER SUCCUMBS AT 57 

   Capron, Aug. 22 - John Elwood Fox St., 57, a retired banker, died Friday at 
a Franklin hospital. 

   He was a retired vice president of the Bank of Capron.  He was a member of 
Courtland Masonic Lodge No. 85, Capron Ruritan Club, a member of the board of 
Raiford Memorial Hospital, and a member of Capron Methodist Church. 

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Trent Fox; two sons, John E. Jr. and 
William T. Fox, both of Capron; two daughters, Mrs. John Alfriend Mapp of 
Norfolk and Miss Marilyn Fox of Capron; a brother, Dr. P. G. Fox of Raleigh, 
N.C.; a sister, Mrs. M. R. Pace of Richmond, and three grandchildren. 

   A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Capron Methodist Church. 
Burial arrangements were incomplete Friday night. 

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Beloved Capron Man Dies Recently 

J. E. Fox 

   One of the most loved and most active men in the area, J.E. Fox, Sr., 
aged 57, died recently at the Raiford Memorial Hospital. 

   A lifelong resident of Southampton and for many years of Capron, he was 
very active in civic enterprises until his death, which came after a four-
week illness. 

   He was vice president of the Bank of Capron, a member of the governing 
boards of the Capron Community Medical Center and the Raiford Memorial 
Hospital, a member of the Capron Methodist Church, of the Courtland Masonic 
Lodge No. 85, and of the Capron Ruritan club.  For several years he was 
treasurer of the Southampton county chapter of the American Red Cross, 
and he was once cashier of the Bank of Capron. 

   His funeral was attended by many.  He will be missed not only to his 
community, but by the entire area. 


John Elwood FOX, Sr., retired vice president of the Bank of Capron, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., d. 22 Aug 1958, Franklin, age 57, 
interred in Capron Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 5*), Franklin, 
   24 Aug 1958, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Sat., Aug. 23, 1958, p. 7; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 4, 1958, Sect. II, p. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-13): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

His parents are buried in Thomas Memorial Baptist Ch. Cemetery, Drewryville. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Drewryville list (D-9): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

His father's obits ("Richmond Times-Dispatch" & "Tidewater News," Aug. 1937) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f200j3ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 9, 1942, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f200l2ob.txt 


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Joanne Fox (wtjf@earthlink.net), and 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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