Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Felts, Laura Gillette, 1957 

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LAURA GILLETTE FELTS

MRS. LAURA G. FELTS

   Mrs. Laura Gillette Felts, 76, a life-long resident of Southampton County, 
died in the US Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, on Thursday, July 18, after a long 
illness. 

   Mrs. Felts was the widow of Robert Lee Felts of Capron and she daughter of 
the late William John Gillette and Mrs. Nancy Stith Gillette of Southampton 
County.  She was a member of Capron Methodist Church and a graduate of 
Blackstone Female Institute. 

   Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. J. Eugene Jones of Smithfield, Mrs. J. 
Dall Brown of Mount Holly (Westmoreland County) and Lt. Agnes W. Felts, NC 
(USN), of Portsmouth; two grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. D.D. Barham, Sr., of 
Capron; and several nieces and nephews. 

   Graveside services for Mrs. Felts were conducted Sunday afternoon at 4 
o'clock in the Cary family cemetery at "Bonnie Doone," near Capron. Officiating 
were Rev. R.H. Marks and Rev. David S. Willis of Capron and Rev. William A. 
Wright of Smithfield. 

   Pallbearers were Ira Barham, Eldridge Felts, Bernard Gillette, Jack Jones, 
Lon Marks, Paul W. Marks, Will Simmons and Jesse Vick. 


Laura (GILLETTE; Mrs. Robert L.) FELTS, 
life-long resident of Southampton Co., d. 18 Jul 1957, Portsmouth, age 76, 
interred in the CARY family cemetery*, "Bonnie Doone," near Capron, 
   21 Jul 1957, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 25, 1957 

*Her mother & sister Anna (Mrs. Lloyd N.) FELTS are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-16): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 6, 1955) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f432r1ob.txt 

Her sister Nancy (Mrs. Dashland D. Sr.) BARHAM is buried in Capron Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Capron list (C-3): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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