Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gillette, Mary G. Fox, 1965 

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MARY GUION FOX GILLETTE

   COURTLAND - Mrs. Mary Fox Gillette, 83, former town treasurer, died Tuesday 
night in her home after a long illness.  She was the widow of Hugh A. Gillette.

   She was one of the oldest active members of Courtland Methodist church and 
had been church treasurer.  She was a charter member of Nottoway Woman’s Club.

   Her parents were Benjamin F. and Mrs. Fannie Powell Fox of Southampton 
County.

   Surviving are a son, B.A. Gillette of Courtland; two daughters, Mrs. L.N. 
King of Rescue and Mrs. Harold C. McGarth of Courtland; eight grandchildren 
and 11 great-grandchildren.

   A funeral service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in Courtland Methodist 
Church by the Rev. Harold M. Fuss.  Burial will be in Courtland Cemetery with 
W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, in charge.  The body will be in 
the church at 10 a.m. Thursday.

   Pallbearers were: John W. Rollison, Herbert Hampton Edwards, James D. 
Woodard, Jr., Edwin W. Cobb, Dr. E.F. Reese III, B.A. Williams Jr.


Mary Guion (FOX; Mrs. Hugh A.) GILLETTE, former Courtland town treasurer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 27 Jul 1965, at home, age 83, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 24), Courtland, 29 Jul 1965, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 29, 1965, p. 2 

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

Her parents are buried in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cem., Drewryville. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Drewryville list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

Her husband's obits ("Tidewater News," Feb. 19 & 26, 1937) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g430h1ob.txt 

Their marriage record - 

Huger Augustus Gillette, 21, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   s/o William John and Nancy John Stith Gillette, Clerk 
m. 11-07-1900 Bride’s father’s residence by Rev. R.B. Beadles 
Mary G. Fox, 19, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o Benjamin Franklin and Fannie Brown Powell Fox 
(Southampton Co. MB10:253; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb10pt.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/g430m2ob.txt