Southampton-Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lee, Albert Thomas, 1916 

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ALBERT THOMAS LEE

DEATH OF A.T. LEE

   Albert Thomas Lee, one of the most prominent and highly esteemed citizens 
of the Franklin community, died at his home, Lee’s Mill, Isle of Wight county, 
Friday, January 14, 1916.  He was 62 years old and had been in ill health for 
some weeks.  He was of the well-known Lee family of Nansemond County, being a 
son of the late Captain Patrick Henry Lee, and his widow was Miss Mollie 
Copeland, daughter of the late Col. J.R. Copeland.  He is also survived by two 
children, John P. Lee of Suffolk and Mrs. John A. Williams of Franklin; two 
grandchildren; two brothers, Willis J. Lee of Town Point and I.P. Lee, and by 
a number of nieces and nephews in Franklin, Suffolk and Norfolk. 

   Mr. Lee was an honorable Christian gentleman, a deacon and faithful member 
of the Franklin Christian church, and a successful farmer with all of the 
hospitable characteristics of his family and generation.  In addition to his 
farming operations, which were of an extensive nature, he operated a large 
brick plant and grist mill near his home.  He was at one time a member of the 
commission form of Lee Bros. & co. of Norfolk.  He was a familiar figure in our 
town where he numbered many worm friends who honored him for his sterling worth 
and integrity. 

   The funeral services were conducted from his home Sunday afternoon at 2 
o’clock by his pastor, Dr. C.H. Rowland, assisted by Rev. J.L. McCutcheon, the 
interment being made in the family plot in Poplar Spring cemetery here. Many 
friends and relatives from nearby towns were present and the flowers which they 
laid upon the grave of their friend were many and beautiful. 

   The active pallbearers were the following nephews of the deceased; Joe Bynum 
Gay, J.P. Gay, Jr., J.F. Bryant, A.L. Gardner, Jr., W.T. Shannonhouse, Frank 
Nash, William Jones, Dr. Paul Jones, H.T. Jones, R.A. Jones.  The honorary 
pallbearers were W.G. Williams, J.C. Williams, P.D. Camp, J.L. Camp, Hon. C.C. 
Vaughan, Col. L.R. Edwards, L.R. Jones, J.L. Morel. 


Albert Thomas Lee, farmer, miller & brick-maker, 
d. 14 Jan 1916, at home, Lee's Mill, near Franklin, age 62, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 66B/67B*), Franklin, 
   16 Jan 1916, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 21, 1916 

*His daughter is buried in adjacent Plot 65A/66A. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," June 16, 1933, p. 1), with their marriage 
   record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l000m5ob.txt 


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