Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Munford, Crawford Sr., 1969 

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CRAWFORD MUNFORD SR. 

   A funeral service for Crawford Munford Sr. was conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. 
in Black Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. C.L. Gatling.  Burial was in the 
church cemetery with W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home in charge.

   Pallbearers were Lonnie Umphlett, Louis Umphlett, John Munford, Alvin 
Munford, Theo Beale, Leland Beale, Charlie Holland and J.E. Stieh.

   Munford, 83, died Sunday in Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Richmond.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Bettie Brock 
Munford and a son of Alex and Mrs. Cherry Munford.*

   He was a retired farmer and the oldest member of Black Creek Baptist Church 
and its Men’s Bible Class.

   Besides his widow, surviving are two sons, Crawford Munford Jr. of Franklin 
and Jasper Munford of Carrsville; two daughters, Mrs. George M. Brock and Mrs. 
Frank Vasser of Franklin; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

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CRAWFORD MUNFORD SR. 

   A funeral service for Crawford Munford Sr. was conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. 
in Black Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. C.L. Gatling.  Burial was in the 
church cemetery with W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home in charge.

   Pallbearers were Lonnie Umphlett, Louis Umphlett, John Munford, Alvin 
Munford, Theo Beale, Leland Beale, Charlie Holland and J.E. Stieh.

   Munford, 83, died Sunday in Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Richmond.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Sallie Bradshaw 
Munford and the son of Alex and Mrs. Betty Brock Munford.*

   He was a retired farmer and the oldest member of Black Creek Baptist Church 
and its Men’s Bible Class.

   Besides his widow, surviving are two sons, Crawford Munford Jr. of Franklin 
and Jasper Munford of Carrsville; two daughters, Mrs. George M. Brock and Mrs. 
Frank Vasser of Franklin; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.


Crawford MUNFORD Sr., retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 13 Feb 1969, Richmond, age 83, 
interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery**, 15 Feb 1969, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 27, 1969, p. 6; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 3, 1969, p. 8 

**His mother is also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Black Creek list (BC-23): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

*The second obit is correct as to his wife & parents. 
   Cherry (BEALE) BROCK was his maternal grandmother. 


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