Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ferrell, A. Mabel Whitley, 1971 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ANNIE MABEL WHITLEY WHITLEY DRAKE FERRELL A funeral service for Mrs. Mabel Drake Ferrell, 72, of Rt. 2, Box 294, Franklin, was held Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert D. Bridley and Rev. Harry Bunch. Burial was in Southampton Memorial Park. Pallbearers were W.E. Butler, Walter Story, Marvin Worrell Jr., James Carter, Carson Whitley Jr., Gilbert Porter, Lloyd Brett and R.E. Drake Jr. A native of Hertford County, N.C. she was the wife of E.L. Ferrell and a daughter of James Everett and Mrs. Josie Edwards Whitley. Annie Mabel (WHITLEY WHITLEY DRAKE; Mrs. Exum L.) FERRELL, Hertford Co., NC native, d. 21 Nov 1971, Franklin, age 72, interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Christus II, Plot 20*), 23 Nov 1971, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 25, 1971, Sect. II, p. 2 *Additional information: Mabel is buried with her third husband. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Southampton Memorial Park list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt Exum's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 25, 1972) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f640e1ob.txt Her second husband, James T. DRAKE, is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-26): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt James' obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 28, 1947, p. 4) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d620j7ob.txt Mabel 1m. Allen Rhodes WHITLEY, 23 Dec 1915, in Hertford Co., NC. Her father & step-mother are buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin - Annex 2, Plot 106. SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt Her mother is buried- & her father is also marked- in Blackjack Oak Cemetery, Whitley Branch Rd., on the Carolina line. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-39): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f640m1ob.txt