Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Howell, Lillian M. Holland, 1957 

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LILLIAN MOLEE HOLLAND HOWELL

Mrs. J. R. Howell

   FRANKLIN - June 26 - Mrs. J. Richard Howell Sr., 81, well known resident of 
Franklin, died early Wednesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ruby 
Roberts, in Suffolk, after many months of illness.

   Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Roberts of Suffolk; one son J. 
Richard Howell Jr., of Franklin; three grandchildren, four great-
grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.

   The body was taken to the W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home in Franklin. 
Funeral services will be held from the Holland funeral chapel Thursday at 2:30.

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Mrs. J. Richard Howell, Sr.

     Mrs. J. Richard Howell, Sr., well known resident of Franklin, died early 
Wednesday morning, June 26, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ruby Roberts, in 
Suffolk after many months of illness. She had made her home in Suffolk with 
her daughter for the past year. 

     Mrs. Howell was the wife of the late J. Richard Howell, Sr., and the 
daughter of the late James Calvin and Sarah Sumner Holland of Southampton 
County. She was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church. 

     Surviving besides her daughter, Mrs. Roberts, are one son, J. Richard 
Howell, Jr., of Franklin; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and 
a number of nieces and nephews. 

     Funeral services were conducted in the chapel of the W.J.M. Holland and 
Sons Funeral home this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. Ira D. 
Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church, and Rev. John Crocker, pastor 
of the Wilroy Mission Baptist Church, Suffolk.  Burial was in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery. 

     Active pallbearers were Ernest Bryant, James Bryant, Homer Holland, 
Jimmie Lankford, Harry Mulder, Morgan Lankford and Smithy Moore. 


Lillian Molee "Lulie" (HOLLAND; Mrs. J. Richard Sr.) HOWELL, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 26 Jun 1957, Suffolk, age 80, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 55A*), Franklin, 
   27 Jun 1957, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk), June 27, 1957; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 27, 1957, Sect. I, p. 8 

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


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