Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fowler, Amy L. Branch Whitley, 1950 

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AMY BRANCH WHITLEY FOWLER

   Mrs. Amy Branch Whitley Fowler, 57*, wife of James T. Fowler of Suffolk, 
died Friday morning, June 16, at Lakeview Hospital after an illness of a few 
days.

   Mrs. Fowler was the daughter of the late Alex and Sue Bradshaw Branch** of 
this county.  She was a member of Oxford Methodist Church in Suffolk.

   Besides her husband she is survived by two sons, Willie L. Whitley of 
Norfolk and F. Nurney Whitley of Franklin; two daughters, Mrs. Vernard Scott 
and Mrs. W. Hunter Scott of Franklin; four grandchildren, Joan Whitley of 
Morristown, Tenn., and Billie Whitley, David Lawrence, Jr., and Susan Scott of 
Franklin; three brothers, Willie M., Gurney W., and Robert C. Branch, Sr., all 
of Franklin; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Screws of Franklin; and several nephews and 
nieces.

   Funeral rites for Mrs. Fowler were conducted at High Street Methodist 
Church on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by Rev. C.T. Topping, pastor of 
Oxford Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. Melvin Dollar, pastor of Union 
Christian Church.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the pallbearers being William Thomas 
Aswell and Reuben Edwards of Suffolk, and William Bradshaw, Willard F. Hart, 
Jr., Jesse W. Reel, Dr. Lemuel A. Branch, and William Branch, Jr., all of 
Franklin.


Amy Lillian (BRANCH WHITLEY; Mrs. James T.) FOWLER, of Suffolk, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 16 Jun 1950, Suffolk, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 169*), Franklin, 
   15 Jun 1950, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 23, 1950, p. 3 

*Poplar Spring list gives b. 15 May 1891, so d. age 60. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

**There exists some confusion over her mother's husbands. 
  "Sue" Susan Saludy BRADSHAW BRANCH BEALE (1848-1925) is buried in Poplar 
  Spring, Section 2, Plot 31, and her stone reads, "Wife of Alexander Beale." 
  http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

  However, she actually 1m. Alexander W. BRANCH, and 2m. George BEALE. 

A.W. Branch, 21, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o W.W. & Sarah P. Branch, Farmer 
Susan S. Bradshaw, 21, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o Mordecai & Amy Bradshaw 
marriage license not filled out by clerk 
cert. (undated) for marriage license signed by A.W. Branch 
m. 8 Dec 1870 Southampton Co. by T.W. Joyner 
(Southampton Co. MB1A:393; M.Reg. p. 37 #89) 

Amy 1m. Fletcher Lee WHITLEY.  He, their 2 sons, and his 2nd & 3rd wives are 
   buried in Poplar Spring, Annex 3, Section B, Plot 2: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 


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