Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hart, Mary O. Little, 1935 

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MARY LITTLE HART

   In the passing of Sunday afternoon, December 29, at 2:30, of this little 
woman, Boykins has lost one of its oldest residents and most widely-known and 
beloved citizens.

   Mrs. Hart, before her marriage in 1900, to John Drew Hart of this county, 
was Miss Mary Olivia Little of Como, N.C.  Born at the old Little Homestead in 
Littleton, N.C., November 23, 1877, she was the daughter of George Little, Jr. 
and Mrs. Homoiselle Vann Little, and a granddaughter of Col. George Little of 
Raleigh, N.C.  When about two years old her father died, and her mother moved 
to her old home, Como, N.C., where Mrs. Hart spent her young womanhood and 
where she has so many loved ones and friends.  In 1902, Mr. Hart brought his 
young wife and baby to Boykins to live, and where she soon made a host of 
friends, many being added as the years went by.

   Mr. Hart died eight years ago, leaving this little woman to carry on, and 
well has she done it.  Although frail and almost an invalid for years, she was 
vitally interested in everything that made for the best in her home, church, 
town and community.  She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Jno. B. Darden of 
Newsoms; two daughters, Miss Retta Vann Hart of Boykins and Mrs. J. Bowden 
Hundley of Portsmouth; two nieces, Miss Jane Howell of Como and Mrs. T.I. 
Burbage, Jr., of Baltimore; three nephews, John B., Jr., and William Darden of 
Newsoms and Geo. Little Howell of Dunedin, Florida. Her oldest sister, Mrs. 
Margaret L. Howell of Como, died about eleven years ago.

   Funeral services were conducted at her home by her Pastor, Rev. Frank B. 
Handley, assisted by Rev. E. Norfleet Gardner of Dunn, N.C., Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson of Franklin, and Rev. J.L. Kibler of Boykins.  During the services 
Mr. Gardner read "Crossing The Bar" and made a few appropriate personal 
remarks.  Mrs. H.M. Purviance sang "No Night There," and a Quartette, Mrs. 
Purviance, Mrs. A.M. Williams, H. McDonald Piers and Rosser Bryant, Jr., sang 
"It Is Well With My Soul" and the "The Christian Goodnight."  The body was 
laid to rest in the family plot in Beechwood Cemetery.  The active pallbearers 
were John B. Darden, Jr., William Darden, E.W. Bryant, B.R. Bryant, Roswell 
Hart, S.J. Myrick, Dr. J.A. Grizzard and Dr. J.M. Bland.  The honorary 
pallbearers were selected from a host of friends from North Carolina and 
Virginia.  The large number of beautiful floral designs attested the 
popularity of this noble character.

   This is written with love and affection by her family physician for 27 
years. 
   J.M. Bland.


Mary Olivia (LITTLE; Mrs. John D.) HART, of Boykins, formerly of Como, NC, 
b. 23 Nov 1877, Littleton, NC, d. 29 Dec 1935, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 1, Section J, Plot 6*), Boykins, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 3, 1936 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
     Beechwood list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 19, 1927, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h630j1ob.txt 


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