Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Magette, Davis C. Sr., 1968 

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DAVIS CHESTINE MAGETTE

   COURTLAND - A funeral service for Davis Chestine Magette Sr. was conducted 
Saturday at 2 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, by the 
Rev. Harold Fuss. Burial was to Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.

   Pallbearers were Kindred Magette, Beamon Davis, Ben Williams, Sidney 
Williams, Joe Magette, Lon Davis and Robert W. Riddick.

   Magette Sr., 65, died Friday morning in his home.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Robert Lee and Mrs. 
Josephine Davis Magette and the husband of Mrs. Grace Williams Magette.

   He was a member of Courtland Methodist Church and a Navy veteran of World 
War I.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons, Robert Lee Magette of 
Smithfield, Raymond W. Magette of Ahoskie, N.C., and Davis C. Magette of 
Courtland; a daughter, Mrs. Dudley Harrell of Courtland; a brother, Leroy 
Magette of Courtland; and four grandchildren.


Davis Chestine MAGETTE, Sr., Navy veteran of WW-I, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 9 Feb 1968, at home, Courtland, age 65, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 71A*), Courtland, 10 Feb 1968, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 13, 1968, p. 3 

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

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 23, 1971, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m230g1ob.txt 


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