Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hart, Willard F., 1952 

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WILLARD FLOBERT HART

   Funeral services for Willard Flobert Hart, 67, Franklin jeweler, who died 
Saturday morning, May 3, at the residence in Norfleet Street, were conducted 
Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland & Sons by Revs. 
Elmer N. Hassell and R.D. Stephenson.

   Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the active pallbearers being R.H. 
Allen, Tony Cobb, J.P. King, John H. Panton, Harry Steinhardt and J. Edgar 
Weede.  Friends of the family were honorary pallbearers.

   A native of North Carolina, Mr. Hart came to Franklin in 1907 to accept a 
position with R.D. Brown, a jeweler and watchmaker.  On the death of Mr. Brown 
he purchased the business and operated it until his death.

   He was a member of the Franklin Methodist Church and the husband of the 
late Mrs. Mary Ellen Beaman Hart.  He is survived by one son, Willard Flobert 
Hart, Jr., of Franklin, with whom he made his home.


Willard Flobert HART (Sr.), Franklin jeweler, 
NC native, d. 3 May 1952, at home, Franklin, age 67, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 144*), Franklin, 
   5 May 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 9, 1952, p. 7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Additional information: 

Willard Flobert Hart, 27, s, N.C., So.Co., Jeweler, 
   s/o W.L. and Ada D. Price Hart 
m. 06-25-1913 1st Presbyterian Church, Newport News, Va. by Rev. E.T. Wellford 
Mary Ellen Beaman, 21, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o Luther Thomas and Ellen Branch Beaman 
(Southampton Co. MB15:211; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

116. m. 06/25/1913, Southampton Co., by E.T. Wellford, Presbyterian 
Willard F. Hart, 27, single, b. N.C., res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o W.L. & A.D. Hart, Jeweler 
Mary E. Beaman, 21, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o L.T. & E.B. Beaman 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb15pt.txt) 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," June 14, 1946, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h630m2ob.txt

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 19, 1941, p. 10) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h630a2ob.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/h630w2ob.txt