Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Monaghan, Francis, 1957 

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FRANCIS MONAGHAN

   Funeral services for Francis Monaghan, 57, of Franklin were conducted on 
Monday, December 16, at 3 p.m. in the chapel of the W.J.M. Holland and Sons 
Funeral Home by Rev. James B. Douglas, pastor of High Street Methodist Church.

   Mr. Monaghan’s body was found Saturday about 10 a.m. beside the railroad 
near Isaac Siding, Southampton County.  Death was attributed to a heart attack.

   A native of Glasgow, Scotland, he was the son of Mrs. Elizabeth McGowan 
Monaghan of Franklin and the late Charles Patrick Monaghan.  He moved to 
Franklin with his family about 50 years ago.  He was employed as a painter.

   Besides his mother, he is survived by three brothers, James Monaghan of 
Craddock, Charles Patrick Monaghan, Jr., of Franklin and M/Sgt. Joseph P. 
Monaghan, USA, Portland, Ore.; three sisters, Mrs. L.W. Serig of Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba; Mrs. E.K. Ellis of Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Virginia Parks of 
Franklin, and several  nieces and nephews.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Active pallbearers were W. Hunter 
Scott, David T. Lawrence, Fred Rabil, G. Hinson Parker, Jr., Roy Edwards and 
Otis Blythe.


Francis MONAGHAN, Franklin painter, 
Glasgow, Scotland native, d. 14 Dec 1957, near Isaac Siding, So.Co., age 57, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 79*), Franklin, 
   16 Dec 1957, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 19, 1957, Sect. II, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 10, 1930, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m525c1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 1, 1960, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m525e1ob.txt 


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