Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Mapes, LTC John B. Jr., 2000 

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JOHN B. MAPES JR. 

  Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. John B. Mapes Jr., 65, died Nov. 30, 2000, in 
Southampton Memorial Hospital. 

  Born in Endicott, N.Y., he was a son of the late John B. and Sophia Menges 
Mapes.  Mr. Mapes was a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute and 
received his master's degree from VPI.  An Army veteran, he served two tours 
in Korea and one tour in Vietnam and retired from Union Camp Corp. where he 
was a pulp mill assistant supervisor.  He was a member of Franklin 
Presbyterian Church and Peninsula Bridge Club Unit 110, Newport News. 

  Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Jackie E. Mapes; a daughter, Joanne 
J. Turner; a son, Mark A. Mapes, both of Franklin; a sister, Jeanne Rode of 
Jersey Shore, Pa.; and three grandsons, Ryan, Logan and Austyn Turner. 

  A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Franklin Presbyterian Church 
by the Rev. James Lambeth.  Burial, with military honors, will be in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at the residence, 159 
Beechwood Drive, and suggests that in lieu of flowers, remembrances be given 
to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 2101 Executive Drive, Tower Box 21, 
Hampton, VA 23666 or the American Cancer Society, c/o Ruth Petty, 116 
Southampton Road, Franklin, VA 23851.  Wright Funeral Home is in charge. 


Lt. Col. John B. MAPES, Jr., retired Union Camp pulp mill assistant supervisor, 
retired Army veteran of Korea & Viet Nam, 
b. 4 Apr 1935, Endicott, NY, d. 30 Nov 2000, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Sect. 3, Plot 194A*), Franklin, 
   3 Jun 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Dec. 1, 2000, B9 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar3.txt 


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