Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holcombe, Marguerite A. Bunn, 2000 

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MARGUERITE ALLYN BUNN STORY HOLCOMBE 

  Marguerite Bunn Story Holcombe, 82, of Linden Street, a native and lifelong 
resident of Southampton County, widow of J. Braxton Holcombe and Howard C. 
Story, died Oct. 13, 2000, in Southampton Memorial Hospital. 

  She was born Oct. 26, 1917, and was the daughter of the late Ray Allen and 
Rosalie Edwards Bunn.  She was a member of Courtland United Methodist Church, 
a former treasurer and member of the Official Board of the church, a former 
church historian, former pianist of the Ladies Bible Class, and a former 
member of the United Methodist Women.  She graduated from Newsoms High School 
and attended Fredericksburg State Teachers College.  She retired from the 
Farmers Home Administration. 

  Survivors include a son, Allen C. Story of Annandale, Va. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in the Courtland United 
Methodist Church by the Rev. Robert J. Parks Jr. and the Rev. Thomas G. Lee. 
Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins.  The family will receive 
friends at the residence, and suggests that memorial donations be made to the 
Courtland UMC, 22416 Main St., Courtland, VA 23837, or to a favorite charity. 
Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, is in charge. 


Marguerite Allyn (BUNN STORY; Mrs. J. Braxton) HOLCOMBE, 
retired from the Farmers Home Administration, 
b. 26 Oct 1917, Southampton Co., d. 13 Oct 2000, Franklin, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Lot 238*), Boykins, 
   27 Sep 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Oct. 15, 2000, B11 

*Both husbands & her parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

Her first husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 18, 1954) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s360h3ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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