Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Laughter, Thelma Newsome, 1983 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ THELMA NEWSOME LAUGHTER CAPRON - A funeral service for Thelma Newsome Laughter, 67, was held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Capron United Methodist Church by the Rev. Eric Alixie. Burial was in Capron Cemetery, with Owen Funeral Home, Jarratt, in charge. Pallbearers were: Lee Allen, Clay Francis, Vernie Francis Jr., Jim Miley, Walter Johnson Francis, Frances Barnes and Wallace Francis. Mrs. Laughter died Friday in Greensville Memorial Hospital. A native of Southampton County, she was a retired public health nurse for Sussex County and was a member of Capron United Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Mary Jo Sullivan of DeSoto, Tex. Memorial donations may be made to the Capron United Methodist Church. Thelma (NEWSOME; Mrs. Samuel) LAUGHTER, retired Sussex Co. public health RN, Southampton Co. native, d. 25 Mar 1983, Emporia, age 67, interred in Capron Cemetery*, 27 Mar 1983, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 31, 1983, p. 5A *Her mother & maternal grandparents are also buried there. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Capron list (C-25, -30 & -13, respectively): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 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/l263t1ob.txt