Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gardner, Albutt L., 1961 

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A. L. Gardner Stricken on Job; Rites Sunday 

  FRANKLIN - Albutt Lorian Gardner, 57, of Franklin died Thursday in Raiford 
Memorial Hospital. 

  Mr. Gardner was taken ill while working at Union Bag-Camp Company. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Franklin Baptist 
Church by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor, assisted by the Rev. Tucker C. 
Humphries, pastor of the Franklin Christian Church, and the Rev. Edwin C. 
Thornton Jr., pastor of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.  Burial will be in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery. 

  Mr. Gardner has been living in the Franklin community for the past 38 years 
and had been employed by the paper company 20 years.  He worked in the 
maintenance department. 

  He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World.  He 
was the son of the late William N. Gardner and Martha Jane Woodward Gardnner 
of Nansemond County. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Joyner Gardner of the home; three 
sons, A.L. Gardner Jr. of Manistee, Mich., Warren J. Gardner of Lawrenceville 
and Norman L. Gardner of Franklin; two daughters, Mrs. E. James Madness of 
Norfolk, Mrs. George L. Story of Franklin; ten grandchilddren; two brothers, 
N.N. Gardner of Norfolk and W.N. Gardner Jr. of Norfolk; four sisters, Mrs. 
Garland Cake and Mrs. Kenneth Stone of Norfolk; Mrs. W.L. Tomlinson of Amelia 
and Mrs. E.E. Kwast of Benton Harbor, Mich. 

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A. L. Gardner 

  FRANKLIN - Albutt Lorian Gardner, 56, husband of Mrs. Ruby Joyner Gardner, 
died here Thursday afternoon. 

  A Franklin resident for 38 years, he was a son of the late William N. and 
Mrs. Martha Woodard Gardner of Nansemond County. 

  He was employed by Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. and was a member of Franklin 
Baptist Church, Pythian Lodge and Woodmen of the World. 

  Other survivors are three sons, A. L. Gardner Jr. of Mainistee, Mich., 
Warren J. Gardner of Lawrenceville and Norman L. Gardner of Franklin; two 
daughters, Mrs. E. Jane Maddrey and Mrs. George L. Story* and two brothers, 
T. N. Gardner and W. N. Gardner, all of Norfolk; four sisters, Mrs. Garland 
Cake and Mrs. Kenneth Stone of Norfolk, Mrs. W. L. Tomlinson of Amelia, and 
Mrs. T. E. Kwast of Benton Harbor, Mich.; and 10 grandchildren. 

  The body was taken to W. J. M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home.  A funeral 
service will be conducted in Franklin Baptist Church Sunday at 2 p.m., with 
burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery. 


Albutt Lorian GARDNER (Sr.), of Franklin, Union Bag-Camp employee, 
b. 7 May 1904, Nansemond Co., d. 2 Mar 1961, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 77A*), Franklin, 
   5 Mar 1961, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 53, Fri., Mar. 3, 1961, p. 3, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #128567208, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum; 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Saturday, March 4, 1961, p. 10 

*Albutt's daughter Ruby m. George L. STORY; they are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Anonymous - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #128567208. 

D.Cert. 8224 (Franklin #40) 

His parents are buried in South Quay Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   South Quay list, an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/squay.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 27, 1966, p. 6) is posted at: 
  http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g635r1ob.txt 

Their marriage records - 

ALBUTT LORRAIN GARDNER, 20, S, NANSEMOND CO., VA., COURTLAND, SO.CO., VA., 
   S/O WILLIAM NELSON AND MARTHA JANE WOODARD GARDNER, FARMER 
M. 03-10-1923 FRANKLIN, SO.CO., VA. BY REV. C.H. ROWLAND 
RUBY BELL JOYNER, 17, S, SO.CO., FRANKLIN, SO.CO., VA., 
   D/O WILLIAM LEONARD AND EFFIE JANE COBB JOYNER 
(Southampton Co. MB19:199; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

073. m. 03/10/1923, So.ampton, by C.H. Rowland 
Albert [sic] L. Gardner, 20, single, b. Nansemond Co., res. Courtland, Va., 
   sn/o William N. & Mattie J. Gardner, Farmer 
Ruby Joyner, 17, single, b. Southampton Co., res. Franklin, Va., 
   dt/o W.L. & Effie J. Joyner 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb19pt.txt) 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g635a1ob.txt