Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Freeman, Melvin A., 1974 

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FREEMAN 

  Melvin Allen Freeman, 59, a 
  resident of Wakefield, died 
  Tuesday.  He was an 
  employee Wakefield Oil 
  Co. and a member of the 
  Wakefield Methodist Church. 
  He is survived by his wife, Ar- 
  villa S. Freeman of 
  Wakefield; a son, McAllen 
  Freeman of Richmond; a 
  daughter, Mrs. Donald L. 
  Powers of Wakefield; a 
  niece, Mrs, Wayne Dawson; 
  and four grandchildren. 
  Funeral service will be held 
  Thursday, February 21, at 
  2:30 at the Purviance Funeral 
  Chapel, Wakefield.  Burial 
  will be in the Ivor Cemetery. 

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MELVIN ALLEN FREEMAN 

   WAKEFIELD - A funeral service for Melvin Allen Freeman, 59, will be held 
Thursday at 2 p.m. in Purviance Funeral  Chapel by the Rev. Ed Griffin and 
Dr. R.E. Brittle.  Burial will be in Ivor Cemetery. 

  Freeman died Tuesday afternoon while at work in Sussex County. 

  A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Arvilla Seeley 
Freeman.  He was a member of Wakefield Methodist Church. 

  He worked for Wakefield Oil Co.

  Besides his widow, survivors include a son, McAllen Freeman of Richmond; 
and a daughter, Mrs. Donna L. Powers of Wakefield. 


Melvin Allen FREEMAN, of Wakefield, Wakefield Oil Co. employee, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 19 Feb 1974, at work, Sussex Co., age 59, 
interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 21 Feb 1974, 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 21, 1974, p. 9A 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Ivor list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 

His widow's (donated, 1977) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/f655a1ob.txt 


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