Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harris, Anthony E., 1948 

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ANTHONEY EDWARD "FAGAN" HARRIS 

   A.E. Harris, better known in this county as "Fagan" Harris, aged 82 died 
Wednesday, May 5, about two o’clock p.m. at his home near Boykins.

   He is survived by two sons, Paul and Joe Harris, both of the Boykins 
community; two daughters, Miss Faetta Harris of Boykins and Mrs. Ruth H. 
Crowder of Franklin; and six grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.

   Mr. Harris had been a member of the Branchville Baptist Church for many 
years.

   Funeral services were conducted from the Purviance Funeral Home on May 7, 
at 2:30 p.m., with Rev. N.B. Habel officiating, assisted by Rev. W.L. 
Sturtevant.  The Baptist choir, with Mrs. W. Hugh Powell, Sr., accompanying 
sang "Jesus I Come" and "In The Sweet Bye and Bye."

   Active pallbearers were Paul and Emmett Pope, Joe and Paul Harris, Jr., 
Richard Gray, Thomas M. Grizzard, M.F. Spence, and George Vaughan.  Honorary 
pallbearers were friends of the family.

   Burial was in Newsoms cemetery.


Anthony Edward "Fagan" HARRIS, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 5 May 1948, at home, near Boykins, age 82, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 7 May 1948, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 14, 1948, p. 12 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-39): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 8, 1960, Sect. 1, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h620l1ob.txt 


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