Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Marks, Henson P., 1959 

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HENSON POPE MARKS

   SUFFOLK - Henson Pope Marks, 57, of 117 St. James Ave., died Tuesday at 
2:45 a.m. at Obici Memorial Hospital after an illness of two weeks.

   Mr. Marks retired in 1953 after 20 years’ service as bus driver for 
Richmond Greyhound Lines.  He was a son of the late Edward L. and Mrs. Fannie 
Fox Marks of Southampton County and a member of Oxford Methodist Church, 
Suffolk.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie B. Marks; two daughters, Mrs. Frank 
D. Scott, Jr., of Cape Charles and Mrs. George E. Dobynes of Raleigh, N.C.; 
four sisters, Mrs. V.S. Pittman of Capron, Mrs. J. Frank Culpepper of 
Nansemond County, Mrs. S.E. White of Newport News and Mrs. Clyde Edwards of 
Franklin; three brothers, R.F. Marks of Boykins, L.M. Marks of Franklin and 
E.L. Marks of Courtland, and three grandchildren.

   Funeral services were  conducted at the Hill Funeral Home on Wednesday at 
3 p.m. by the Rev. Mahloh H. Elliott, pastor of Oxford Methodist Church, and 
the Rev. J. Felix Arnold of Enfield, N.C.  Burial was in Capron Cemetery at 
4:30 p.m.

   Pallbearers were Marks Edwards, Ben Marks, V.S. Pittman, Jr., R.F. Marks, 
Jr., Paul Camp Marks, George Marks, E.L. Marks, Jr., Frank Culpepper, Jr., 
Sullie Culpepper, W.B. Krause and Dr. Arthur H. Taylor.


Henson Pope MARKS, of Suffolk, retired Greyhound bus driver, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 6 Jul 1959, Suffolk, age 57, 
interred in Capron Cemetery*, 8 Jul 1959, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 23, 1959, Sect. I, p. 8 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-27 & -26): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 9, 1934) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m620f2ob.txt 


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