Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harris, Mattie Bradshaw, 1951 

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MARTHA JANE BRADSHAW HARRIS

MRS. MATTIE HARRIS

   Mrs. Mattie Bradshaw Harris, 68*, a life-long resident of the Franklin 
community, died in Raiford Memorial Hospital on Sunday night, January 21, after 
an illness of two weeks. 

   Mrs. Harris was the wife of the late James J. Harris of Franklin, and the 
daughter of the late William and Susan Mangum Bradshaw of this county. She was 
a member of the Franklin Baptist Church. 

   She is survived by three daughters, Miss Mamie Harris and Mrs. R. Howard 
Ferguson of Franklin and Mrs. Richard Saunders of Norfolk; three grandchildren; 
and one brother J. Walter Bradshaw of Sedley. 

   Funeral services for Mrs. Harris were conducted at the Franklin Baptist 
Church on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Randolph L. Gregory and R.D. 
Stephenson. Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the active pallbearers being 
Lonnie Bradshaw, Edgar Brock, Robert, Clyde Cutchin, R.L. Jones and Willie 
Spivey. 


Martha Jane "Mattie" (BRADSHAW; Mrs. Jno. James) HARRIS, 
life-long resident of Franklin, d. 21 Jan 1951, Franklin, age circa 73*, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 1A*), Franklin, 
   23 Jan 1951, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 26, 1951 

*Age from cemetery list, which gives b. 28 Oct 1877. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

The 1900 Census gives b. Mar 1880. 
   (Southampton Co., Berlin & Ivor Dist. (#54), sheet 20B, #57) 

However, the 1880 Census gives age 2. 
   (Southampton Co., e.d. 100, sheet 137B) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 13, 1939), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h620j1ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h620m1ob.txt