Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lea, George N., 1949 

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GEORGE NATHAN LEA

   George Nathan Lea, 64, a well-known resident of Franklin, died Sunday 
night, October 9, at Lakeview Hospital, Suffolk, after a brief illness.

   He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lea of Brookhaven, Miss.  A 
veteran of World War I, he was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church and of 
the Summerville, S.C., Masonic Lodge.

   Mr. Lea was a foreman for Camp Manufacturing Company, being with the firm 
for about 14 years.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maylor Eagerton Lea of 
Franklin; four brothers, William Lea of Biloxi, Miss., Frank and Clint Lea of 
Canton, Miss., and Ernest Lea of Vicksburg, Miss.; two sisters, Mrs. Maggie 
Miller of Mobile, Ala., and Mrs. Ada Bue of Natchez, Miss.; and several 
nephews and nieces.

   Funeral services for Mr. Lea were held at 3:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon 
at the Franklin Baptist Church, with Rev. R.D. Stephenson and Rev. Randolph 
Gregory officiating.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the active 
pallbearers being W.R. Atkinson, Sr., S.A. Carr, N.T. Duck, William C. Duffy, 
J.B. Gay, Jr., Robert Gray, L. Britt Holland and John H. Scott.


George Nathan LEA, of Franklin, WW-I veteran, 
d. 9 Oct 1949, Suffolk, age 64, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 36B*), Franklin, 
   12 Oct 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 14, 1949, p. 20 

*The cemetery list gives b. Rhinehart, TX. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

George & his wife lost a daughter, age 10.  Her obit ("Tidewater News," 
   Aug. 18, 1933) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l000m2ob.txt 


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