Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Felts, John B., 1954 

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JOHN BAKER FELTS

   John Baker Felts, 86, died at the residence near Boykins of his daughter, 
Mrs. J.H. Griffin, at 12:10 o'clock Monday afternoon, December 6. 

   A lifelong resident of Southampton County, he was a son of the late 
Nathaniel T. and Mrs. Martha Reece Felts.  He had been a member of the Boykins 
Baptist Church for the past 74 years, longer than any other person in the 
church.  Even though invalided for several months, he continued to operate his 
farms up to the time of his death. 

   Mr. Felts was twice married.  His first wife was the former Miss Annie 
Laurie Hines; and after her death he married Miss Laura Wyche Dunn, who also 
preceded him in death.  A son, John Baker, Jr., died in Baltimore, Md., just 
six weeks ago. 

   Besides Mrs. Griffin he is survived by three other daughters, Mrs. Fred 
Beck of Detroit, Mich, Mrs. J.M. Miller of Hampton, and Mrs. M.E. Whitehead of 
Mufreesboro, N.C.; three sons, J.C. Felts of Jarratt, J.W. Felts of Boykins, 
and W.T. Felts of Phoenix, Md.; 20 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; 
one brother; C.B. Felts of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.; and two sisters, Mrs. Martha 
Applewhite and Mrs. J.T. Rawls of Portsmouth. 

   Funeral services were conducted at the Boykins Baptist Church of Wednesday 
afternoon at 3 o'clock with Rev. J.R. Johnson of the Baptist Hospital, 
Lynchburg, officiating, assisted by Rev. F.B. Handley, pastor of the Crewe 
Baptist Church, and Rev. William S. Ferguson, pastor of the Boykins Methodist 
Church. 

   Interment was in Beechwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were J.M. Britt, Earl W. 
Bryant, H.O. Carlton, J.T. Davis, W.R. Emmons, Dr. J.J. Grizzard, Hinton T. 
Smith, and W.W. White, Jr.  Members of the Baptist Men's Bible class served as 
honorary pallbearers. 


John Baker FELTS, farmer, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., 
d. 6 Dec 1954, at daughter's home, Boykins, age 86, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 5/6*), Boykins, 8 Dec 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 9, 1954 

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


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