Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....McLemore, Harvey B., 1934 

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HARVEY BURTON McLEMORE

HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS ATTEND FUNERAL OF HARVEY M’LEMORE

   Hundreds of people from throughout this county and many other places 
attended the funeral rites for H.B. McLemore in Courtland Saturday afternoon 
which were conducted from his late residence at 2:30 o’clock by his Pastor, 
the Rev. H.F. Turner of the Courtland M.E. Church, assisted by a former 
Pastor, Rev. J.E. Brooks of Deep Creek, and Dr. George Wesley Jones of Main 
Street M.E. Church, Suffolk.  During the service Miss Alyce Page Adams sang 
"My Jesus As Thou Wilt," with Mrs. J.D. Riddick of Danville as accompanist.

   Mr. McLemore, who was a beloved figure and the popular Circuit Court Clerk 
of this county for nearly 25 years, succeeding his father, the late B.F. 
McLemore, who also served in that capacity for a quarter of a century, died 
last Thursday afternoon after a brief illness.  The crowd present at the 
funeral was estimated at from 1500 to 1800 and included many prominent 
political leaders and attorneys from Suffolk, Norfolk, Richmond and other 
Virginia cities.  The floral tributes were beautiful, constituting one of the 
most elaborate displays ever seen at a similar occasion in Southampton, 
including special designs from the Board of Supervisors, county officials, the 
Wesley Bible Class of the Courtland M.E. Church and the Courtland High School 
football squad.

   The active pallbearers were his two brothers, Judge James L. McLemore of 
Suffolk and Dr. W.T. McLemore of Courtland; five nephews, Hennen McLemore, 
Thomas, Hall and Harvard Birdsong and Adrian Bowen of Washington, N.C.; H.H. 
Macklin and C.W. Parker of Courtland.  Burial was made in the family plot in 
Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.


Harvey Burton McLEMORE, Clerk of Courts of Southampton Co., 
Southampton Co. native, d. 4 Jan 1934, age 57, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 12*), Courtland, 
   6 Jan 1934, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 12, 1934, p. 1 

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

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 18, 1963, I-5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m245p1ob.txt 


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