Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Marks, Henry E., 1948 

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HENRY EARL MARKS

   Henry Earl Marks, 51, a farmer residing near Courtland, died at his home 
on Sunday afternoon, November 21, after an illness of two years’ duration.

   He was the son of the late Edward Lewis and Mrs. Fannie Brown Fox Marks of 
Pope, and the husband of Mrs. Ethel Davis Marks of Courtland.

   Besides his wife he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Katherine Marks 
Williams of Franklin; four sons, Benjamin E., Lon S., Jesse T., and Aubrey 
Pope Marks of the Courtland community; three grandchildren; four brothers, 
Robert F. Marks of Boykins, Lewis M. Marks of Franklin, Hinson P. Marks of 
Suffolk, and Edward L. Marks, Jr., of Sebrell; four sisters, Mrs. V.S. Pittman 
of Capron, Mrs. J.F. Culpepper of Suffolk, Mrs. Clyde Edwards of Franklin, and 
Mrs. S.E. White of Newport News.

   Funeral services for Mr. Marks were conducted from the residence at three 
o’clock Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Allen W. Linthicum, Rev. L.D. Stables, Rev. 
R.H. Marks and Rev. Elmer N. Hassell.  Burial was in the Capron Cemetery, 
active pallbearers being nephews of the deceased, George Hinson Marks, Frank 
Culpepper, Jr., V.S. Pittman, Jr., Paul Camp Marks, Edward L. Marks, 3rd, 
Tyler Edwards, Jr., Lewis Holmes Marks and Paul Woodrow Marks.


Henry Earl MARKS, farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 21 Nov 1948, at home, near Courtland, age 51, 
interred in Capron Cemetery*, 23 Nov 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 26, 1948, p. 12 

*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 widow's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," July 8, 1974) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m620e5ob.txt 


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