Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....LeHew, Montz C., 1960 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MONTZ CORNELIUS LeHEW Montz Cornelius LeHew, 78, died Tuesday afternoon in a hospital here after illness of many months. He was the husband of Mrs. Helen Anderson LeHew of Franklin and a son of Thomas and Mrs. Rebecca LeHew of Kansas. He was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church in Rice Lake, Wis. Born in Kansas, he lived in Rice Lake until 15 years ago, when he moved to Franklin. Besides his widow, surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Gladys L. Moore of St. Paul, Minn., and Mrs. Evelyn L. Johnston of Franklin; one brother, Robert LeHew of St. Paul, Minn.; and one sister, Mrs. Ruth Marks of San Bernardino, Calif.; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A funeral service was held today (Thursday) at the Holland Funeral Chapel at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of Franklin Baptist Church, with burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Pallbearers were Reynold Tinetti, S.J. Gagner, Herman Blythe, Martin Wagenbach, W. Britton Morris and Arthur Smith. ****************************************************************************** Montz C. LeHew Buried at Franklin FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Montz Cornelius LeHew, who died Tuesday night was conducted at W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral home Thursday by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of Franklin Baptist Church, with burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Pallbearers were Reynold Tinnetti, S.J. Gagner, Herman Blythe, Martin Fagenbach, Britton Morris and Arthur Smith. Montz Cornelius LeHEW, of Franklin, formerly of Rice Lake, WI, retired clerk, b. 16 Mar 1882, Humboldt Co., KS*, d. 15 Nov 1960, Franklin, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 4*), Franklin, 17 Nov 1960, "Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 56, No. 6, Thurs., Nov. 17, 1960, Sect. 3, p. 3; "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 274, Fri., Nov. 18, 1960, p. 3 *Additional information: Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt A photo of his gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #101510652. D.Cert. 30271 (Franklin #72) His WW-II draft card gives b. Humble, KS. His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 24, 1963, Sect. II, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l000h1ob.txt His parents are buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Cameron, Barron Co., WI. 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/l000m4ob.txt