Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hancock, Maggie L. Whitfield, 1957 
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MARY (MAGGIE) LOUISE WHITFIELD HANCOCK  Monday 4/29/1957 (dob: 1/4/1873) 

Sedley, April 28 -- Mrs. Maggie Whitfield Hancock, 84, died Saturday night at 
the Raiford Memorial Hospital, Franklin, after years of failing health. 

She was the daughter of John and Louisa Joyner Whitfield of Southampton County 
and a lifelong resident of the county.  Her husband was the late Andrew 
Jackson Hancock.  She was a member of the Johnson's Grove Christian Church. 

Surviving her are two sons, Howard S. Hancock of Sedley and Dr. H.J. Hancock 
of Anderson S.C.; a foster daughter, Mrs. Harry Umphlett of Elizabeth City, 
N.C.; a brother J.E. Whitfield of Richmond; four grandchildren, and nieces and 
nephews. 

The body was taken to the Funeral Home of W.J.M. Holland and sons, Franklin, 
where funeral services will be conducted Monday at 4:30 p.m. by the Rev. 
William A. Grissom and the Rev. C.A. McCormick.  Burial will be in the 
Rosemont Cemetery here. 

Active pallbearers were Joe Owen, Paul Wellons, R.K. Hancock Jr, Julian 
Careter, K.W. Hancock, Irving Williams, W.T. Johnson Jr, and Herman Whitfield. 

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MARY LOUISE WHITFIELD HANCOCK 

Mrs. Maggie W. Hancock 

  Mrs. Maggie Whitfield Hancock, 84, of Sedley died at Raiford Memorial 
Hospital on Saturday, April 27, after several years of failing health. 

  A lifelong resident of Southampton County, Mrs. Hancock was the widow of 
Andrew Jackson Hancock of Sedley and the daughter of the late John and Louis 
Joyner Whitfield of Southampton County.  She was a member of Johnson's Grove 
Christian Church. 

  Surviving her are two sons, Howard S. Hancock of Sedley and Dr. H. J. 
Hancock of Anderson, S. C., a foster daughter, Mrs. Harry Umphlett of Elizabeth 
City, N. C.; a brother, J.E. Whitfield of Richmond; four grandchildren; two 
great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. 

  Funeral services were conducted Monday at 4:30 p.m. in the chapel of W.J.M. 
Holland and Sons Funeral Home by Rev. C. A. McCormick, pastor of the Courtland 
Methodist Church.  Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. 

  Active pallbearers were Joe Owen, Paul Wellons, R. L. Hancock, Jr., Julian 
Carter, K. W. Hancock, Irving Williams, W. T. Johnson, Jr., and Herman 
Whitfield. 


Mary Louise "Maggie" (WHITFIELD; Mrs. Andrew J.) HANCOCK, 
b. 4 Jan 1873, Southampton Co., d. 27 Apr 1957, Franklin, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 29 Apr 1957, 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 52, No. 29, Thurs., May 2, 1957, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-33): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Cyndi Harrison - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #259902739. 

D.Cert. 10573 (Franklin #68) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 2, 1938, p. 3), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h522a1ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in a WHITFIELD family cemetery on Cottage Hill Rd. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 7 (MV-VII-29): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt 


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& Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
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