Southampton-Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lee, Mary H. Copeland, 1933 

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MARY HARRISON COPELAND LEE

   Mrs. Mary H. Lee died at the home of her daughter Mrs. John A. Williams, 
in Clay Street Monday night, June 12, in her 80th year.  She had been in ill 
health for several months since a fall in July, 1932, when she sustained a 
broken hip.

   Mrs. Lee was a native of Nansemond County, the daughter of the late John 
and Mrs. Dorothy Copeland, well-known citizen of the Suffolk community.  On 
June 2, 1874*, she was married to Albert T. Lee of the prominent family of 
that name in Isle of Wight County, Mr. Lee dying January 14, 1916, at the 
old Lee homestead near Franklin where they spent all of their married life. 
A few months later she moved with Mr. and Mrs. Williams to this town where 
she had lived until her death.

   As a young woman Mrs. Lee united with Bethlehem Christian Church near 
Suffolk where she held her membership until her marriage, then moving her 
membership to the Franklin Christian Church soon after its organization here. 
She was a consistent and loyal member of her church, deeply interested in all 
of its activities.  She was a woman of unusual strength of character and 
business ability, a devoted wife and mother faithful to all the truer 
obligations of life.  Surviving her are two children, John P. Lee of Suffolk 
and Mrs. John A. Williams of this town, and two grandchildren, Mrs. Everett 
R. Bryant, Jr., of Middlesex County, and Miss Dorothy Williams of Franklin, 
besides a large circle of friends and a wide family connection.

   Funeral rites were conducted from the home here Wednesday afternoon at 4 
o’clock by her Pastor, Dr. Elwood W. Jones of the Franklin Christian Church 
assisted by Dr. L.E. Smith, president of Elon College, Dr. C.H. Rowland of 
Greensboro, N.C., Rev. H.S. Hardcastle of Suffolk and Rev. E. Norfleet Gardner 
of Dunn, N.C.  During the service Jas. L. Camp, Jr. sang Dvorak’s "Goin’ 
Home," accompanied by Mrs. S.W. Rawls, and the Christian Church quartette, Mr. 
and Mrs. E.P. Jones, Dr. Darden W. Jones and Mrs. L.B. Norfleet, accompanied 
by Miss Mattie Bracey, sang "Abide with Me."  Interment was made in the family 
plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the pallbearers being; L.R. Jones, L.B. 
Norfleet, J.M. Camp, H.L. Westbrook, W.H. Norfleet, F.F. Jenkins, P.R. Camp 
and Geo. R. Hayes.

   The funeral was attended by a large number of townspeople besides many 
relatives and friends from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Nansemond County.


Mary "Mollie" Harrison (COPELAND; Mrs. Albert T.) LEE, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 12 Jun 1933, at daughter's home, Franklin, age 80, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 66B/67B**), Franklin, 
   14 Jun 1933, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 16, 1933, p. 1 

**Her 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 

Additional information: 

*as originally published, the marriage date was given in error as June 4, 1874 

Albert T. Lee, 21, single, b. Isle of Wight, res. Nansemond, 
   sn/o P.H. & J. Lee, Merchant 
Mollie H. Copeland, 21, single, b. & res. Nansemond, 
   dt/o J. & J.D. Copeland 
m. 2 Jun 1874 Nansemond, by C.A. Apple 
(Nansemond Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy} 1874, p. 186 #49) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 21, 1916) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l000a1ob.txt 


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