Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Monaghan, Thomas, 1956 
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THOMAS MONAGHAN

   Thomas Monaghan, 57, well known resident and business man of Franklin, 
died unexpectedly at his home on First Avenue Thursday night, May 3, after 
suffering a heart attack.

   Mr. Monaghan, a resident of Franklin for 45 years, was in the tailoring 
and dry cleaning business.

   He was the son of Mrs. Elizabeth McGowan Monaghan and the late Charles 
Patrick Monaghan.  He was a member of the Congregational Christian church 
and a veteran of World War I, serving with Company I of the Virginia 
Infantry.

   Besides his mother, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth 
Monaghan Serig of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Mrs. Virginia Monaghan Parks of 
Franklin and Mrs. Catherine Monaghan Ellis of Tulsa, Okla.; four brothers, 
Francis and C. Patrick Monaghan, Jr. of Franklin, Joe Monaghan of Vancouver, 
Wash.; and James Monaghan of Cradock and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the chapel 
of the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home with the Father John Jerlinski, 
pastor of St. Jude's Mission, officiating.  Burial was in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were W. B. Hastings, Rupert Tart, William Tall Jones, 
J.B. Johnson, W.T. Pace, Jr., Roy Edwards, John Abbitt and Joe P. King.


Thomas MONAGHAN, Franklin businessman, Army veteran of WW-I, 
d. 3 May 1956, Franklin, age 57, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 79*), Franklin, 
   6 May 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 10, 1956 

*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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