Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Morris, Benjamin F., 1947 

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MORRIS

   Benjamin Franklin Morris died at his home in the Sebrell community on 
Saturday morning, November 22, after a short illness.  At the time of his 
death he was 66 years of age.  A son of the late George T. and Martha Lane 
Morris of this county, he was a member of the Sebrell Methodist Church.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Babb Morris; eight daughters, 
Mrs. H.S. Grizzard of Drewryville, Mrs. Sue Epperson of Kenbridge, Mrs. 
Waverly Turner of Suffolk, Mrs. A.S. Spivey of Norfolk, and Misses Edith, 
Emily, Catherine and Geraldine Morris all of Sebrell; six sons, Benjamin F. 
Jr., and Byrd Morris of Suffolk, and Mack, Joseph, Bennie and William J. 
Morris, all of Sebrell; eighteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and 
one brother, Lee Morris, of Norfolk.

   Funeral services were held at the grave in the Courtland cemetery on Monday 
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. E.R. Collie, pastor of the Courtland Methodist 
Church, officiating.  The pallbearers were A.E. Briggs, Willie Whitehead, A.V. 
Denson, S.V. Camp, Jr., J.P. Simmons, and R.R. Reese.


Benjamin Franklin MORRIS, 
b. 17 Aug 1881, Southampton Co. native, d. 22 Nov 1947, at home, Sebrell, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 23*), Courtland, 
   24 Nov 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 28, 1947, p. 14 

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

Many of his siblings are buried in the SEBRELL-SIMMONS Cem., Sebrell. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV - 1-14): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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