Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Francis, Raleigh M., 1953 

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RALEIGH MILTON FRANCIS

   Raleigh Milton Francis, 64, a farmer of the Courtland community, died in a 
Richmond hospital on Saturday, January 10, after several months of ill health. 
A native of Conway, N.C., and a member of the Conway Methodist Church, he was 
the husband of Mrs. Annie Spence Francis of Courtland.

   Besides his wife he is survived by four sons, Gilbert G. Francis of Nagoya, 
Japan, Pfc. James E. Francis of Fort Meade, Md., John Milton Francis of 
Richmond, and Robert C. Francis of Courtland; eight daughters, Mrs. Robert B. 
Johnson, Mrs. Garland Bryant, and Miss Ruth Francis, all of Franklin, and 
Misses Bessie, Irma, Janet, Marie and Rosa Lee Francis, all of Courtland; one 
brother, Jesse Godwin Francis of Boykins; and three sisters, Mrs. C.H. Speight 
and Mrs. A.R. Pope of Roanoke Rapids, N.C. and Mrs. Mary Lee Pierce of Weldon, 
N.C.

   Services for Mr. Francis were held in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland & Sons 
on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. J.T. Cassell of Capron 
officiating.  Interment was in Riverside Cemetery, pallbearers being --------, 
W.R. Dameron, W.W. Harris, L.L. Spence, and Herbert, Jesse and Nathan Francis.


Raleigh Milton FRANCIS, of Courtland, farmer, 
Conway, NC native, d. 10 Jan 1953, Richmond, age 64, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section II, Plot 30*), Courtland, 11 Jan 1953, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 16, 1953, p. 16 

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


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