Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lawrence, James R. Sr., 1961 

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JAMES RICHARD LAWRENCE

J.R. LAWRENCE, CONTRACTOR, DIES

   James Richard Lawrence, 64, painting contractor, died Sunday morning at his 
home, Brookside Farm.

   The husband of Mrs. Clarys McClenny, Lawrence and a son of Mills Edward and 
Josephine Pruden Lawrence of Franklin, he was a member of Franklin Baptist 
Church.

   Survivors include his widow; two sons, James F. Lawrence, student at 
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and J. Richard Lawrence, Jr., student at the 
University of Richmond; a daughter, Leora Elizabeth Lawrence of Franklin; a 
brother, David T. Lawrence of Franklin, and four sisters, Mrs. Josie Sykes, 
Miss Vergie Lawrence and Miss Doris Lawrence of Franklin and Mrs. Winfield C. 
Jackley of Chicago.

   A funeral  service was conducted in old Franklin Baptist Church Tuesday at 
2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor and the Rev. Dr. Edward C. Pruden 
of First Baptist Church of Washington, D.C.   Burial was in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were William Peterson, Wayland F. Jones, William Bradshaw, J.P. 
Bradshaw, Judy Copeland, E.K. Brinkley, Wesley Beale and Stanley T. Holland.


James Richard LAWRENCE, Sr., painting contractor, 
Franklin native?, d. 12 Mar 1961, at home, "Brookside Farm," age 64, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 17*), Franklin, 
   14 Mar 1961, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 16, 1961, Section 1, p. 2 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

His parents are also bd. in Poplar Spring - Sect. 2, Plot 32A. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His widow's (donated 1984) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l652c1ob.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 6, 1931, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l652m2ob.txt 

An abstract of his mother's death certificate (1926-863-10925) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/l652j1dc.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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