Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Grissom, M. Beulah Modlin, 1949 

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MARY BEULAH MODLIN GRISSOM

   Mrs. Mary Beulah Modlin Grissom, 64, of the Courtland-Sebrell community 
died Tuesday morning, November 8, at Raiford Memorial Hospital after an 
illness of some months.  She was the widow of Edward Vance Grissom.

   The deceased was a native of Harrellsville, Hertford County, N.C., the 
daughter of the late John Harrell and Martha Anne Wiggins Modlin.  She was 
a member of the Courtland Baptist Church and its Woman's Missionary Union.

   Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. R.B. Gordon of Rocky Mount, N.C., 
and Mrs. James U. Kitchen and Mrs. C.C. Baker of Courtland; three sons, 
Reuben E. Grissom of South Norfolk and Vance D. and Lineberry Grissom of 
Courtland; eight grandchildren; three brothers, J.K. Modlin of Harrellsville, 
N.C., G.N. Modlin of Lewiston, N.C., and R.Q. Modlin of Norfolk; two sisters, 
Mrs. Annie Monton of Palmyra and Mrs. Emma Barnes of Roxobel, N.C.; and a 
number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral rites for Mrs. Grissom were conducted Thursday afternoon at the 
Courtland Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. L.M. Kanipe, Rev. N.L. Blythe 
and Rev. R.D. Stephenson, with burial in the Courtland cemetery.  The active 
pallbearers were Stanley Modlin, Percy Minton, Bruce Myers, Oscar Modlin, 
Raymond Barnes, Clellan Catlett, Linwood Mitchell and Hilton Modlin.


Mary Beulah (MODLIN; Mrs. Edward V.) GRISSOM, 
of the Courtland-Sebrell community, 
Harrellsville, Hertford Co., NC native, d. 8 Nov 1949, Franklin, age 64, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 41*), Courtland, 
   10 Nov 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 11, 1949, p. 15 

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

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 30, 1948, p. 14) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g625e1ob.txt 


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