Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, T. Odell Rawls, 1943 

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TRECY ODELL RAWLS JONES

   Funeral services for Mrs. Odell Rawls Jones were conducted from her late 
residence in Clay Street Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock by her pastor, the 
Rev. R.D. Stephenson, in the presence of an unusually large assemblage of 
relatives and friends.  The pastor read appropriate scripture lessons and the 
old, familiar hymn, "How Firm a Foundation"; reading at the graveside in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery, "Now the Laborer’s Task is Done."  Active pallbearers 
were James, Charles and Ashby Rawls, James Jones, Joe Bynum Gay, Jr., Hugh 
Camp, Everett Bryant and T.J. Crooks, honorary bearers being selected from a 
large list of friends.  A pall of white carnations, lilies of the valley, 
Baby’s Breath and fern was used and there were many beautiful floral designs.

   Mrs. Jones, who died Sunday afternoon, June 13, at the home of her 
daughter, Mrs. George Watkins, here, was the daughter of the late Robert Rawls 
and Mrs. Diana Cutchins Rawls of Nansemond County, both of leading families of 
the South Quay community.  Mrs. Jones’ husband, the late John Paul Jones of 
this town, died in February, 1934.*  She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. 
George Watkins, with whom she made her home, and Mrs. H. Wayland Stephenson of 
Ivor; one son, Robert E. Jones of Concord, N.C.; five grandchildren, R.E. 
Jones, Jr., Branson and John Paul Jones of Concord, N.C.; H. Wayland 
Stephenson, Jr. and Diana Stephenson of Ivor; five brothers, Dr. J.C. Rawls, 
Robert P. Rawls and S.W. Rawls of Franklin, John A. Rawls of Holland and James 
T. Rawls of Dunnellon, Florida; three sisters, Mrs. W.T. Pace of Franklin, 
Mrs. J.R.L. Johnson of Williamsburg and Miss Mabel Rawls of Norfolk, besides a 
large and prominent family connection.

   She was a faithful and consistent member of the Franklin Baptist Church, 
and of its mission organization, a fine Christian character, who numbered a 
wide circle of lifelong neighbors and friends.


Trecie Odell* (RAWLS; Mrs. John P.) JONES, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 13 Jun 1943, at daughter's home, Franklin, age 70, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 29B**), Franklin, 
   16 Jun 1943, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 18, 1943, p. 1 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

*Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 23, 1934, p. 1), which spells 
   her name Odelle, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j520p4ob.txt 


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