Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Howell, Alexander Gibson, 1918 

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ALEXANDER GIBSON HOWELL

DEATH OF A.G. HOWELL

   A wide circle of friends in Franklin was shocked Wednesday by the news of 
the death of Mr. Alexander Gibson Howell at his home in South Boston, Va., 
following a brief illness from pneumonia super-induced by Spanish influenza.  
Mr. Howell was married to Miss Evie Knight, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.R. 
Knight of this town on April 5, 1917, and during frequent visits here with his 
wife had made a host of friends among our townspeople. 

   The deceased was a native of Oxford, N.C., the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. 
Howell of that town, and held a responsible position with the American Tobacco 
Co. in South Boston. 

   The body was brought to Franklin yesterday afternoon for burial, funeral 
services being conducted from the residence of Mr. J.R. Knight by Rev. J.L. 
McCutcheon of the Franklin Baptist Church, at 4:30 o'clock, in the presence of 
a large number of sympathizing friends, interment following in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery. 

   The pallbearers were: active; W.H. Norfleet, J.J. Bristow, Will Taylor, 
Irvin Wills, E.L. Story, J.B. Gay, Geo. Parker, E.T. Fitzgerald; honorary, 
J.P. Gay, Gen. C.C. Vaughan, Dr. W.H. Arthur, Dr. W.E. Snipes, W.T. Pace, 
E.P. Jones, C.A. Cutchins, Dr. E.A. de Bordenave, R.H.B. Cobb, Burton J. Ray, 
W.G. Williams, R.A. Pretlow, R.I Beale, A.L. Gardner,Sr., E.S. Eley, J.C. 
Parker, J.C. Councill, Claude Edwards. 


[Alexander Gibson Howell, tobacco businessman, 
 Oxford, NC native, d. 2 Oct 1918, at home, South Boston, 
 interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 62*), Franklin, 
    3 Oct 1918, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 4, 1918, p. 1] 

[*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
     Poplar Spring list:
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt] 

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