Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Leigh, Joshua, 1943 

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JOSHUA LEIGH

   Joshua Leigh, 63, a prominent and well-known farmer of the Drewryville 
community, died at his home in Drewryville Sunday night.  Mr. Leigh is 
survived by his wife; a son, George William Leigh of Drewryville; four 
brothers, V.R. Leigh of Drewryville; John P. Leigh of Portsmouth; B.B. 
Leigh of Miami, Fla., and Jesse Leigh of Hamlet, N.C.; two sisters, Mrs. 
B.S. Turner of Drewryville and Mrs. W.P. Hobbs of Salisbury, Md.

   Services were conducted from the residence Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 
o'clock by the Rev. L.D. Stables of Capron, assisted by the Rev. R.H. 
Marks of Capron.  Interment took place in Drewryville Cemetery.


Joshua LEIGH, farmer, 
Drewryville native, d. 10 Jan 1943, at home, Drewryville, age 63, 
interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 
   12 Jan 1943, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 15, 1943, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Drewryville list (D-18): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 3, 1955, Sect. I, p. 8), 
   with her marriage records appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l200n2ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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