Southampton-Brunswick-Prince George County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gunn, Charlie L. Sr., 1973 

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CHARLIE LOUIS GUNN 

  Charlie Louis Gunn, Sr., age 58, of 1130 Pecan Ave., Hopewell, Va., died 
Friday, August 10, 1973, in the John Randolph Memorial Hospital.  He was a 
native of Burdette [sic*], Va.  He was the son of the late George W. and Mrs. 
Linda Robertson Gunn, and widower of Edna McClenny Gunn.  He was a machinist 
for Seward Luggage Mfg. Co.  He was a Baptist and an Army veteran of W.W. II. 
He survived by his son, Charlie L. Gunn, Jr. of Carson, Va.; a sister, Mrs. 
Edna Shaffer of Boykins, Va.; three brothers, Edward Gunn and Otis Gunn of 
Petersburg and Marvin B. Gunn of Franklin; one grandchild. 

  Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the W.J.M. Holland and 
Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, Va., by Rev. D.O. Baggett with burial in 
Southampton Memorial Park. 

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CHARLIE LOUIS GUNN 

  FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Charlie Louis Gunn, 58, of 1130 Pecan Ave., 
Hopewell, who died in a Hopewell hospital, was conducted Monday, August 13, at 
2 p.m. in the Chapel of W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, by the Rev. D.O. 
Baggett.  Burial was in Southampton Memorial Park. 

  A native of Burdette, he was a son of the late George W. and Mrs. Linda 
Robertson Gunn and husband of Mrs. Edna McClenny Gunn. 

  He was a Baptist, an Army veteran of World War II and a machinist at Seward 
Luggage Manufacturing Co. in Petersburg. 

  He is survived by a son, Charlie L. Gunn, Jr. of Carson; a sister, Mrs. Edna 
Shaffer of Boykins; three brothers, Edwin Gunn and Otis Gunn, both of 
Petersburg and Marvin B. Gunn of 600 Laurel St., Franklin; and one grandchild. 


Charlie Louis GUNN, Sr., machinist, Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 15 Mar 1915, Brunswick Co., d. 10 Aug 1973, Hopewell, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Devotion II, Plot 134*), 13 Aug 1973, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Sun., Aug. 12, 1973, p. 46; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 51, No. 200, Tues., Aug. 21, 1973, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

Find a Grave Memorial #238792192 gives Charlie Louis GUNN, Jr. 
   [no grave photo] 

Birthplace from WW-II draft card. 

D.Cert. 73-023944 

He 1m. Charlotte Louise MAYTON 27 Aug 1938 (Southampton Co. #190); they div. 
   in 1943.  Charlotte (1919 - 1958) 4m. Marvin WENZEL and is buried in 
   Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg. 

His second wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 20, 1969, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g500e1ob.txt 

He was the son of George Washington & Linda Mae (ROBERTSON) GUNN, who 
   m. 23 Dec 1913.  (Brunswick Co. #175) 

Linda d. 5 Apr 1933 in Roanoke Rapids, NC, and was buried in Granby, VA, 
   by W.F. NEWSOM of Emporia. 

George 2m. Gertie Lillian (HARRELL) McCLENNY - the widowed grandmother of 
   Charlie's second wife Edna - 16 Dec 1933 in Courtland. 
   (Southampton Co. #329) 

George (1885 - 1949) is buried in a GUNN family cemetery in Brunswick Co. 
   (Find a Grave Cemetery ID #2523146). 

Gertie (1883 - 1973) is also buried in Southampton Memorial Park - 
   Devotion I, Plot 35. 


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