Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Keeter, Leila Brock, 1993 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Lelia Brock Keeter FRANKLIN - Leila Brock Keeter, age 93, a resident of High Street, Franklin, died Sunday, May 2, 1993, in John Randolph Hospital, Hopewell. She was a member of the Franklin Congregational Christian Church and was widow of Edward A. Keeter. She is survived by two sons, Frank D. Keeter, Waverly, and Edward D. Keeter, Anaheim, Calif. A graveside funeral service was held in Poplar Springs Cemetery, Franklin, on Tuesday, May 4, at 11 a.m. by Dr. David C. Brown Jr. Memorials may be made to Waverly Rescue Squad. Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, handled arrangements. Leila (BROCK; Mrs. "Eddie" Edward Alter) KEETER, of Franklin, b. 25 Jun 1900, Southampton Co., d. 2 May 1993, Hopewell, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 78A*), Franklin, 4 May 1993, "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 74, No. 18, Wed., May 5, 1993, p. 6 An obit also appeared in the "Virginian-Pilot," Mon., May 3, 1993, p. D-4. *Additional information: Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt A photo of her gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #110555280. D.Cert. 93-017817 gives parents unknown; the informant was her son Frank D. KEETER. Her parents are not given in her m.recs. (So.Co. MB20:286; M.Reg. '25 #207) She appears in the 1910 Census - Franklin Dist., Southampton Co. - age 10, boarding with Frank W, & Martha L. (BRACEY) ROSE. They are buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. SCHS Cemetery Project, Rosemont list (5-59): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," June 16, 1950, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k360e1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k360l1ob.txt