Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Faison, Joseph H., 1954 

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JOSEPH HAROLD FAISON

JOSEPH H. FAISON'S FUNERAL CONDUCTED

   Funeral services for Joseph Harold Faison, 51, resident of Franklin for 30 
years, were conducted Monday afternoon at the Franklin Baptist Church by the 
Rev. Ira D. Hudgins and the Rev. R.D. Stevenson.  Mr. Faison died of a heart 
condition unexpectedly Saturday although he had suffered several previous 
attacks.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   An electrician he became ill while at work at a Franklin plant, but died 
before any aid could reach him.

   He was the son of Walter Henry Faison and the late Mrs. Rebecca Moss Faison 
of Northampton County, North Carolina, and the widower of Mrs. Ruth Bray 
Faison.

   He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Franklin Whitley of Franklin; his father in 
Margarettesville, N.C., a sister, Mrs. Paul Calvert of Jackson, N.C., two 
grandchildren, and three brothers, William H. Faison of Richmond, Garland Moss 
Faison and Richard W. Faison of Portsmouth, as well as a number of nieces and 
nephews.

   Mr. Faison was a member of the Baptist Church in Franklin.  He had been 
employed for the past 16 years at the Camp Manufacturing Co.

   Active pallbearers include W.T. Pace, Jr., Johnny Panton, George Jakeman, 
Scott Lassiter, Henry Thorne, C.A. Cutchins, 3rd, Otis Rainey and D.C. Blythe.

   The arrangements were handled by the W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home in 
Franklin.


Joseph Harold FAISON, of Franklin, Camp Manufacturing Co. electrician, 
Northampton Co., NC native, d. 15 May 1954, at work, age 51, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 102B*), Franklin, 
   17 May 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 20, 1954 

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

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 30, 1931, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f250r1ob.txt 


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