Southampton County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harcum, Luther C., 1940 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LUTHER CLARENCE HARCUM Funeral services for Luther Clarence Harcum, age 52 years, son of the late Orris W. Harcum and Mrs. Rosa L. Harcum, who died at 10:45 o’clock yesterday morning in a local hospital, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Snelling Funeral Home. Interment will take place in Olive Branch Cemetery. Mr. Harcum was a native of Southampton County, but had made his home here for the past 20 years. He resided at 1913 Prentis Avenue. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie Jane Harcum; three sons, Ottis Harcum, Luther O. and Abbitt B. Harcum, all of Portsmouth; four sisters, Mrs. J.T. Eley, of Rescue; Mrs. K.T. Brown, of Jacksonville, Fla. and Mrs. L.T. Hathaway, of Suffolk; a brother, O.L. Harcum, of Westhaven, and four grandchildren. Mr. Harcum held membership in Highland Park Baptist Church. Luther Clarence HARCUM, of Portsmouth, Southampton Co. native, d. 14 Mar 1940, age 52, interred in Olive Branch Cemetery*, Portsmouth, 16 Mar 1940, "The Portsmouth (VA) Star," Mar. 15, 1940 *Portsmouth Public Library, Olive Branch Cemetery list: https://www.portsmouthpubliclibrary.org/DocumentCenter/View/155/F---H-PDF His parents are buried (unmarked) in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery - Row 1, Plot 9. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-31): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Joan Brinkley, & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h625l1ob.txt