Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....McDonald, John B., 1965 

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JOHN B. McDONALD 

  WALTERS - Funeral services for John Birt McDonald were conducted today at 
1:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland Funeral Home, Franklin, by the Rev. Thomas D. 
Sutton, pastor of Mt. Carmel Christian Church.  Burial was in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery. 

  Mr. McDonald, 59, died Wednesday in a hospital after a long illness. 

  He was the husband of Mrs. Louise Rose McDonald and a son of John Dunk and 
Mrs. Birt Shaw McDonald [sic*]. 

  A native of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., he lived in the Franklin and Walters area 
20 years.  He worked for Union Bag-Camp Co. and was member of Mt. Carmel 
Christian Church. 

  Besides his widow, surviving are a son, John Robert McDonald of Hertford, 
N.C.; three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Lassiter of Franklin, Mrs. Catherine Gilbert 
of Washington and Mrs. Susie Draper of Richmond; three half sisters, Mrs. 
Annie Babb, Mrs. Lola Walters, and Mrs. Ruth Clifton, and a brother, William 
McDonald, all of Roanoke Rapids; a half brother, Bagley Rock of Atlanta; and 
three grandchildren. 


John Birt McDONALD, Union Bag-Camp employee, 
b. 7 Mar 1906, Roanoke Rapids, Halifax Co., NC, d. 28 Apr 1965, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 119*), Franklin, 
   30 Apr 1965, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 43, No. 103, Fri., Apr. 30, 1965, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #110633703. 

D.Cert. 9834 (Franklin #55) gives son of John Duck & Sarah (BIRT) McDONALD. 

His first wife was "Billie" Willie Hortense (WILLIAMS) McDONALD (1908 - 1959). 
   Her obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 22, 1959, Sect. I, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m235w1ob.txt 

He 2m. Omato Louise ROSE, 15 Jul 1961 in Norfolk.  M.Cert. 19498 (IoW.Co. #32) 
   also gives his parents as John Dunk and Birt Shaw McDonald. 

His father John Duncan McDONALD (1870 - 1936) & step-mother are buried in 
   Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke Rapids, NC.  

His step-mother Alice (SHAW ROOK) McDONALD may have been a sister of his 
   birth mother.  Her father John Duncan SHAW (1835 - 1916) was a Confederate 
   veteran. 


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