Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lawrence, Mills E. Jr., 1951 

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MILLS EDWARD LAWRENCE, JR.

   Mills Edward Lawrence, Jr., died at his home in Santa Monica, Calif. on 
Sunday afternoon, January 7, after a cerebral hemorrhage.  He had been ill 
a week.

   He was born in Franklin on October 21, 1889, the son of the late Mills E. 
Lawrence and Josie Pruden Lawrence.

   In World War I he served overseas with the 80th Division and was wounded 
in the Argonne fighting.  After the war he moved to the West Coast, and in 
[...; entire line illegible*] 
Marjorie Simmons, daughter of Dr. Robert Simmons of Portland, Ore., where they 
lived for several years before moving to Santa Monica.  Eddie, as he was known 
here, was employed by the Standard Oil Company.

   He is survived by his wife; a son, Dr. Mills E. Lawrence, Jr., of Tacoma, 
Wash.; five sisters, Mrs. Winfield C. Jackley of Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. 
Louise L. Pillow, Mrs. W.B. Sykes and Misses Virgie and Doris Lawrence of 
Franklin, three brothers, Charles O. Lawrence of Norfolk and [Jas. Richard*] 
Lawrence and David Lawrence of Franklin; one niece, Leora Lawrence of 
Franklin; and six nephews, Charles O. Lawrence, Jr. and William S. Lawrence 
of Norfolk, David T. Lawrence, Jr. and Richard and James Lawrence of Franklin, 
and Lt. Lawrence W. Jackley, who is now stationed in Berlin, Germany.

   Funeral services for Mr. Lawrence were held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 
o'clock.


Mills Edward "Eddie" LAWRENCE, Jr., Army veteran of WW-I, 
Standard Oil employee, 
b. 21 Oct 1889, Franklin, d. 7 Jan 1951, at home, Santa Monica, CA, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 32A**), Franklin, 
   10 Jan 1951, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 12, 1951, p. 8 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.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 

*"The Tidewater News" was stored in the attic of the TN building for years 
before the LVA copied them.  There is a line running through the print at 
the top and middle of many of the papers and it effected many of the obits. 
I've put elipses for the part that's missing. If it's obvious what's said, 
I've tried to fill it in. (bs) 


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/l652m3ob.txt