Southampton-Albemarle-Culpeper County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fristoe, M. Ethelberta Lewis, 1960 

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MARY ETHELBERTA LEWIS FRISTOE

MRS. MARY E.L. FRISTOE SUCCUMBS TUESDAY AT 97

   One of Franklin’s oldest residents, Mrs. Mary Ethelberta (Bert) Lewis 
Fristoe, widow of the late Dr. Ashby Jackson Fristoe, died Tuesday morning.

   She was born in Albemarle County on July 24, 1863, while her mother, 
Mildred Katherine Lewis, who was a native of Culpeper, was a refugee from 
the Yankee troops.  She was the daughter of Dr. Robert Strother Lewis, who 
was Surgeon General in Wheeler’s Corps, C.S.A.

   She was long identified with Baptist Church work, both in Virginia and 
Maryland, where the late Dr. Fristoe was an evangelist for the State of 
Maryland.  At her death, she was the oldest member of the Franklin Baptist 
Church.

   She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Kate F. Wilkins of Greensboro, 
N.C., Mrs. Robert P. Rawls of Franklin, Mrs. Mary F. Bloomsburg of Westfield, 
N.J., Mrs. Sadie F. Cashatt of Bryson City, N.C., Mrs. Louise F. Arnold of 
Fanwood, N.J.; one son, Harry W. Fristoe of Port Arthur, Texas and a number 
of grandchildren and great grandchildren.

   Funeral services were conducted today (Thursday) at 11 a.m. at the grave 
in Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, her pastor.

   Pallbearers were James E. Rawls, C.A. Cutchins, 3rd, Joe Gay Bryant, H.W. 
Stephenson, Sol W. Rawls, Jr., Robert C. Ray, John E. Ray, 3rd, and R.A. 
Pretlow, Jr.


Mary Ethelberta "Bert" (LEWIS; Mrs. Ashby J.) FRISTOE, 
b. 24 Jul 1863, Albemarle Co., d. 6 Dec 1960, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 70B*), Franklin, 
   8 Dec 1960, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 8, 1960, sect. 1, p. 2 

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

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 12, 1937, p. 1) is posted at:  
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f623a1ob.txt 


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