Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fowler, James N., 1947 

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JAMES NORFLEET FOWLER

FRANKLIN MAN DIES OF HURTS RECEIVED WHEN HIT BY TRAIN

   Funeral services for James Norfleet Fowler, who died in Raiford Memorial 
Hospital early Sunday morning of injuries sustained sometime Saturday 
afternoon, were conducted at the Baptist Church at 3:30 o’clock Monday 
afternoon by the pastor, Rev. Randolph Gregory, followed by interment in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery.  The pallbearers were Elvin H. Whitley, N.H. Bradshaw, 
Frank L. Fowler, Leonard Carr, John Norfleet, Streight Boyce, Herbert Fowler 
and Charlie Arrington.

   The circumstances surrounding the accident which resulted in injuries fatal 
to Mr. Fowler are as yet undetermined.  All that is definitely known is that 
Mr. Fowler, 48 years of age and a former employee of the Camp Manufacturing 
Company, was seen Saturday afternoon sitting on the Seaboard Airline Railway 
track near the Southern Railway overpass.  Later, the engineer of the 
southbound Seaboard passenger train, which is due to arrive in Franklin at 
5:15, reported having seen a body lying beside the track near the overpass. 
The suggestion has been advanced that Mr. Fowler was struck by an eastbound 
train; but no train reported such an accident, and there were no eye-
witnesses, so far as has been learned.  The victim is reported to have 
suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries, and died without having been 
able to say what had actually happened.

   The deceased was the son of the late Quinton W. and Nannie Norfleet Fowler 
of Isle of Wight County.  A lifelong resident of the Franklin community, he 
was member of the Franklin Baptist Church.

   Surviving his are his widow, Mrs. Mattie Boyce Fowler of Franklin; three 
daughters, Mrs. Virginia Fowler Galtress and Misses Jean and Barbara Fowler, 
all of Franklin; three sons, James Fowler of Florida and Carroll and Floyd 
Fowler of Franklin; two grandsons, George Galtress, Jr., and Carroll Fowler, 
Jr., of Franklin; a sister, Mrs. J.J. Magee of Franklin; three brothers, 
Hersey N. and Joseph Fowler of Richmond; and a number of nieces and nephews.


James Norfleet FOWLER, of Franklin, former employee of Camp Manufacturing,  
Isle of Wight Co. native, struck by train, d. 13 Jul 1947, Franklin, age 48, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 57*), Franklin, 
   14 Jul 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 18, 1947, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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