Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fuller, Rosa L. Bryant, 1972 

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ROSA LEE BRYANT JOHNSON FULLER 

    MRS. ROSA B. FULLER 

  NEWSOMS - Mrs. Rosa Lee Bryant Fuller, 83, died Saturday in a Newport News 
hospital. 

  A native of Southampton County, she was a daughter of Thevelious [sic*; 
Theophilus] and Mrs. Sarah Jane B. [sic; Worrell] Bryant and the widow of 
William H. Fuller. 

  She was a member of Newsoms Baptist Church. 

  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Eunice Story of Newsoms; two sons, Thomas B. 
Johnson of Portsmouth and Ryland O. Johnson of Holland; seven grandchildren; 
and six great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held today (Monday) at 3:30 p.m. in McDowell 
Funeral Home, Boykins, by the Rev. Carl Lee Ousley of Newsoms Baptist Church. 
Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. 

  The family will meet at the funeral home after the service. 


Rosa Lee (BRYANT JOHNSON; Mrs. William Henry) FULLER, 
b. 26 Feb 1888*, Southampton Co., d. 12 Feb 1972, Newport News, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 1, Sect. I, Plot 1*), Boykins, 
   14 Feb 1972, 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 50, No. 38, Mon., Feb. 14, 1972, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of Rosa - added by Betty Smith - and one of her gravestone - 
   added by Judy McKinley - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #65081607. 

Southampton Co. B.Reg. '86 - Boykins Dist. #14 gives twins Rosa & Alice 
   b. 26 Feb 1886 

D.Cert. 72-004266 gives Rosalie, daughter of Thevelious & Sarah Jane BRYANT 
   BRYANT. 

Her father Theophilus D. BRYANT, son of William & Maria BRYANT, 1m. 16 Aug 
   1866 widow Temperance J. BRYANT, daughter of Exum BRYANT. 
   (M.Reg. p. 18 #83; MB1A:134) 
   However, the bride seems identical with Temperance, daughter of John & 
   Priscilla BRYANT, who m. 18 Dec 1856 Davis P. BRYANT, son of Exum & 
   Charlotte [FITZHUGH] BRYANT.  (M.Reg. p. 4 #10)  Davis apparently enlisted 
   in the Confederate Army, as he d. of measles Aug 1862 "In Camp." 

Widowed, Theophilus D. BRYANT, son of William & Mariah, 2m. 22 Dec 
   1873 Sarah Jane WORRELL, daughter of Tite & Eveline, in Southampton Co. 
   (M.Reg. #104; MB2:207) 
   "Tite" seems identical with James WORRELL, Jr., who m. 13 Jan 1848 
   "Evyline" WORRELL.  (M.Reg. pp. 569, 715)

The 1900 Census - Boykins Dist., Southampton Co. - gives b. Feb 1886. 

She is buried with her first husband Robert Oscar JOHNSON.  His obit 
   ("Tidewater News," Oct. 16, 1925, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525r18o.txt 

Her second husband William Henry FULLER "Jr." (III).  He is buried with his 
   daughter Pauline (FULLER; Mrs. Robert E.) KIRKLAND in Annex 2, Plot 115. 
   His obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 17, 1943, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f460w1ob.txt 

The D.Cert. & gravestone of Rosa's twin sister Alice (BRYANT; Mrs. Emmett) 
   VICK also give b. 26 Feb 1888.  She is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, 
   Newsoms.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-68): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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