Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gardner, James H., 1939 

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JAMES H. GARDNER

   James H. Gardner, 56, a lifelong resident of Franklin, died at his home on 
Edwards Street here Tuesday night following an illness of several weeks.  Mr. 
Gardner was the son of George A. Gardner and the late Mary M. Gardner.  He was 
a faithful member of Franklin Baptist Church and a member of the Bruner Bible 
Class of the Church.

   In addition to his father, the deceased is survived by two sisters, Mrs. 
D.C. Cotton and Mrs. J.P. Cobb of Franklin; a brother, C.W. Gardner of 
Murfreesboro, and a half-brother, George A. Gardner, Jr. of Norfolk.

   Services were held from the home Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock, conducted 
by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson, pastor of the deceased.  The songs "Precious 
Name" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" were sung by Mrs. H.G. Cobb, Mrs. R.J. 
Howell, Mrs. F.E. Howell, Miss Lizzie Mae Cutchin, Percy Bunch and E.K. 
Brinkley, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Henry Duck.

   Interment took place at Poplar Spring Cemetery, where there was a committal 
service at the grave.  Pallbearers were Joseph Fowler, George Lea, Steve 
Malik, Jack G. Holland, W.F. Keeter, Dr. A.P. Cutchin, G.C. Duck and Jimmy 
Daughtrey.


James H. GARDNER, lifelong resident of Franklin, 
d. 23 May 1939, at home, Franklin, age 56, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 14; unmarked*), 
   Franklin, 25 May 1939, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 26, 1939, p. 1 

*Unmarked, as is his father; both added to plot of sis Fannie COTTON. 
   Sis Evie COBB is in the same section, Plot 63B. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 13, 1945, p. 8), with marriage 
   record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g635g1ob.txt 


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