Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Garrenton, Frances H. Fagan, 1929 

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FRANCES HURST FAGAN GARRENTON

   Mrs. B.B. Garrenton died at her residence in South Street Saturday, 
February 23, after a brief illness from influenza followed by pneumonia.

   Mrs. Garrenton, who was the daughter of the late Thomas Fagan and his wife, 
Stella Montgomery, was born in Boykins, but since early childhood had resided 
in Franklin.  She was married in 1902 to B.B. Garrenton, who with their five 
daughters survives her.

   Mrs. Garrenton’s death will be felt as a distinct loss by her neighbors and 
friends, her church and the entire town.  Her kindness of heart and her 
cheerful willingness to render service to all those with whom she came in 
contact, in whatever capacity their necessities might demand, made her life 
one of constant and untiring activity, while her modest and retiring 
disposition demanded to lessen the need to praise that was so richly her due. 
She was unceasing in her loving ministrations to her family, her friends and 
all who needed the services she could render.  Her devotion to her church and 
her eagerness to perform in its interest, the most difficult or exacting tasks 
will cause her name to be lovingly mentioned and long remembered by her co-
workers in the organizations with which she labored so willingly and 
successfully.

   The funeral services, conducted by the Rev. James S. Watt were from 
Emmanuel Episcopal Church with which Mrs. Garrenton had long been connected. 
Interment was in the family plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  A large 
attendance of relatives and friends and a great profusion of beautiful flowers 
bore feeling testimony to the esteem in which this good woman was held.

   Her immediate family consists of her husband, B.B. Garrenton; her 
daughters, Miss Stella Garrenton of Winston-Salem, Miss Frances Garrenton of 
Richmond, Mrs. G.P. Hopkins of Norfolk and little Mary and Alice Garrenton; a 
sister, Mrs. J.E. Johnson of Norfolk and a brother, Robert Fagan of Kansas 
City, Mo.

   The body bearers were: J.A. Pretlow, Barclay Pretlow, G.G. McCann, J.J. 
Finley, Dr. E.A. deBordenave, Dr. Beaman Story, Dr. W.E. Snipes and W.W. 
Smith.  The honorary bearers were: R.C. Campbell, Sol W. Rawls, F.R. Day, 
Dr. R.H. Cobb, Charles Rogers, Sidney Barrett, R.I. Beale, R.A. Pretlow, W.O. 
Bogart, M.H. Moore, W.H. Lankford, S.B. Savage, James Chesley Beale, C.E. Pond 
and G.I. Earnest.


Frances Hurst (FAGAN; Mrs. Burfoot B.) GARRENTON, 
b. Boykins, d. 23 Feb 1929, at home, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 11B*), Franklin, 
   13 Feb 1929, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 15, 1929, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Her father's (donated, 1906) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f250w1ob.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 22, 1938, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g653f1ob.txt 


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