Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Howell, Dewey, 1953 

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DEWEY HOWELL

   Dewey Howell, 55, well-known merchant and farmer of the Franklin community, 
died in a Norfolk hospital on Friday afternoon, October 9, after a brief 
illness.

   Born in Branchville, he was the son of the late William Fletcher and Geneva 
Holland Howell.  He was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church and its Bruner 
Bible class.

   Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Josephine Stephenson Howell of Franklin; 
four daughters, Misses Geneva Elizabeth Howell, at student at Madison College, 
and Lynda Alice, Peggy Josephine and Amelia Rae Howell, all of Franklin; one 
brother, W. Herman Howell; and two sisters, Mrs. R.C. Councill of Franklin and 
Mrs. C.R. Waters of Charlotte, N.C.

   Funeral services for Mr. Howell were held in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland & 
Sons on Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock, with Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the 
Franklin Baptist Church, and Rev. R.D. Stephenson, former pastor, officiating. 
Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Walter Beale, John C. Bunch, Hunter Darden, H.M. 
DeBerry, Letcher Eley, Jesse F. McClenny, C.B. Smart and Gilbert Stephenson.


Dewey HOWELL, Franklin merchant & farmer, 
b. Branchville, d. 9 Oct 1953, Norfolk, age 55, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 159*), Franklin, 
   11 Oct 1953, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 15, 1953 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
    Poplar Spring list:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt


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