Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gillette, V. Mae Cooper, 1948 

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VIRGINIA MAE* COOPER GILLETTE

   Mrs. Mae Cooper Gillette, 46, wife of Joseph Lewis Gillette of Franklin, 
died Friday morning, January 30, in Raiford Memorial Hospital after an illness 
of many months.

   Mrs. Gillette was the daughter of Mrs. Virginia Daughtrey Cooper of 
Franklin and the late William F. Cooper.  She was a member of the 
Congregational Christian Church.

   Besides her husband, she is survived by her mother; one daughter, Mrs. A.W. 
Hatch; one son, Norman R. Gillette; and a sister, Mrs. L.E. Bassett, all of 
Franklin.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Gillette were conducted at the funeral home of 
W.J.M. Holland & Sons on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by her pastor, Rev. 
R.M. Kimball.

   A quintette composed of Mrs. L.B. Norfleet, Mrs. W.B. Hasting, Mrs. J.A. 
Nichols, Robert A. Vaughan, and Dr. Darden W. Jones, sang "Abide With Me" and 
"It Is Well With My Soul," accompanied by Mrs. N.T. Barron on the organ.

   Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the active pallbearers being Sam 
Jones, Jimmie Lee, Hubert Bridges, Gordon Bridges, Sheppard Johnson, Graham 
Atkins, Cecil Gillette and Gilbert Stephenson.


Virginia Mae/May (COOPER; Mrs. Joseph L.) GILLETTE, 
d. 30 Jan 1948, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 71B*), Franklin, 
   6 Feb 1948, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 6, 1948, p. 15 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #33277090; it shows "MAY" rather than "MAE" 

Her husband 2m. her brother Willard's widow, Annie Virginia (BEALE) COOPER. 
   Annie's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 15, 1969, p. 9) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g430m3ob.txt 


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