Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lawrence, L. Virginia, 1962 

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LUCY VIRGINIA LAWRENCE

   FRANKLIN - Miss Lucy Virginia Lawrence, 67, died Saturday night in Raiford 
Memorial Hospital.

   A lifelong resident of Franklin, she was a daughter of Mills Edward and 
Mrs. Josephine Pruden Lawrence.

   She attended the University of Virginia, the University of North Carolina 
and Louisville Theological Seminary.  She taught in high schools in 
Southampton County and Tennessee.

   She was a member of Franklin Baptist Church, its Woman’s Missionary Society 
and the King’s Servants Sunday School Class.

   Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Josie L. Sykes and Miss Doris Lawrence of 
Franklin and Mrs. Winfield C. Jackley of Chicago; a brother, David T. Lawrence 
of Franklin, and several nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of the 
Franklin Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. Ira D. Hudgins.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Active pallbearers were Charles O. 
Lawrence, Jr., William S. Lawrence, Richard Lawrence, David T. Lawrence, Jr., 
Herman Eley and John D. Abbitt.


Lucy Virginia LAWRENCE, former Southampton Co. teacher, 
lifelong resident of Franklin, d. 5 May 1962, Franklin, age 69, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 32A*), Franklin, 
   8 May 1962, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 10, 1962, Section 2, p. 2 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Additional information: 

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


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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