Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hedgepeth, Martha A. Dickerson, 1975 

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Mrs. Martha D. Hedgepeth 

  COURTLAND - Mrs. Martha Dickerson Hedgepeth, 57, of 108 Colonial St. died 
Monday evening in Southampton Memorial Hospital after a long illness.  She was 
the wife of Herman and Paul Hedgepeth and a daughter of Richard H. and Mrs. 
Lizzie Bowden Dickerson.  She was a member of Courtland Baptist Church and 
employed by the Hancock Peanut Company. 

  Besides her husband surviving are, two sons, James Emory Hedgepeth, of 
Colonial Heights and Herman P. Hedgebeth Jr. of Durham, N.C., two sisters, 
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Edwards of Suffolk and Mrs. Nannie Dell Leonard of Zuni; 
two brothers, Oscar J. Dickerson of Ivor, and Joseph H. Dickerson of Newport 
News; and three granddaughters. 

  The body was taken to W.J.M. Holland Funeral Home, Franklin.  Funeral 
arrangements are pending. 

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MARTHA DICKERSON HEDGEPETH

Mrs. Martha Dickerson Hedgepeth, age 57, of 108 Colonial St., Courtland, Va., 
died Monday, April 14, 1975, in a Franklin hospital.  She was the wife of 
Herman Paul Hedgepeth.  She is also survived by two sons, James Emory 
Hedgepeth of Colonial Heights and Herman P. Hedgepeth, Jr. of Durham, N.C.; 
two sisters, Mrs. Mary E. Edwards of Suffolk and Mrs. Nannie Bell Leonard of 
Zuni; two brothers, Oscar James Dickerson of Ivor and Joseph Henry Dickerson 
of Newport News; three granddaughters.  A funeral service will be held 
Wednesday (today) at 3 P.M. in the W.J.M Holland & Sons Funeral Home, 
Franklin.  Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.


Martha Alice (DICKERSON; Mrs. Herman P.) HEDGEPETH, Hancock Peanut employee, 
b. 13 Aug 1917, Southampton Co., d. 14 Apr 1975, Franklin, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 39*), Courtland, 
   16 Apr 1975, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 53, No. 90, Tues., Apr. 15, 1975, p. 8; 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Wed., Apr. 16, 1975, p. 34 

*Additional information: 

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

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 75-010409 

Her parents are buried in a BOWDEN family cemetery on Sandpit Rd., 
   just outside Zuni.  Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #105: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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