Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fleetwood, Joseph H.L., 1953 

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JOSEPH HENRY LELAND FLEETWOOD

   Joseph Henry Leland Fleetwood, 65, a lifelong resident of Franklin, died 
suddenly on Friday morning, February 13, at the Fifth Avenue bus station, 
where he had worked as ticket agent for the past few years.

   Mr. Fleetwood was a son of the late James Charlton Fleetwood and Anna Maria 
Powell Fleetwood, formerly of Northampton County, N.C.   He attended the local 
public school, and for several years was employed by the Albemarle Steam 
Navigation Co., before going into business for himself.  He was a member of 
the Franklin Lodge, A.F. & A.M., and had served that organization as executive 
secretary for the past 30 years.

   Surviving are a sister, Mrs. B.A. Brooks of Bath, N.C.; and two brothers, 
C. Burton Fleetwood of Marion, S.C., and John Vernon Fleetwood of Durham, N.C.

   Funeral services were held at the graveside in Poplar Spring Cemetery on 
Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock with Revs. R.D. Stephenson and Ira D. Hudgins 
officiating.  The burial was with Masonic rites.

   Pallbearers were Dr. J.P. Broaddus, George R. Brown, C.E. Curren, W.C. 
Duffy, J.P. King, Sr., Richard H. Rawles, J.F. Sandlin and George O. Watkins.


Joseph Henry Leland FLEETWOOD, Franklin businessman & bus ticket agent, 
d. 13 Feb 1953, at work, Franklin, age 65, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 72B*), Franklin, 
   15 Feb 1953, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 20, 1953 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

The obit ("{Richmond, VA} Times," Oct. 29, 1901, p. 6) for his paternal 
   grandfather, Rev. Joshua Charlton FLEETWOOD, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f433j1ob.txt 


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