Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Francis, Joseph J., 1961 

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JOSEPH JAMES FRANCIS

   HANDSOM -  Joseph James Francis, 48, died Sunday at 11:55 a.m. in a 
local hospital after a short illness.

   He was a native of Southampton County and was a member of the Boykins 
Baptist Church.  He was a son of the late Joe Benny and Mrs. Dora Bryant 
Francis of Southampton County.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Story Francis and Roy Rodger 
Francis, all of Handsom; two daughters, Mrs. Ellen Francis Gyoker and 
Mrs. Mary Francis Dunlow, also of Handsom; two brothers, Lona of Newsoms 
and Clyde Francis of Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. Queenie Miller of New York 
City and Mrs. Bernice Vick of Newsoms; one half-sister, Mrs. Bessie Griffin 
of Boykins; and five grandchildren.

   A funeral service was conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the chapel of W.J.M. 
Holland & Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor, Franklin 
Baptist Church, and the Rev. C.W. Coe, pastor, Newsoms Methodist Church. 
Burial was in Mount Horeb Church Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Rufus Johnson, F.F. Powell, Walter Bishop, Wilson Story, 
Linwood Drake, Jr., Jack B. Farmer, W.T. Johnson, Walter F. Drake, Jr. and 
Karl W. Scott.


Joseph James FRANCIS, of Handsom, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 8 Oct 1961, age 48, 
interred in Mount Horeb Church Cemetery*, 10 Oct 1961, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 12, 1961, Section 2, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-11): 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

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