Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Murfee, Sarah C. Newsom, 1979 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ SARAH COPES NEWSOM MURFEE Mrs. Sarah Newsom Murfee, age 85, died November 4, 1979. She is survived by her husband, E. Quincy Murfee; one son, Donald G. Murfee of Drewryville; one sister, Miss Annie C. Newsom of Adams Grove; two grandchildren. Remains rest at Echols Funeral Home, Emporia, where funeral services will be conducted 2 P.M. Tuesday. Interment in Drewryville Cemetery. Sarah Copes (NEWSOM; Mrs. Emmitt Q.) MURFEE, of Drewryville, Southampton Co. native, d. 4 Nov 1979, age 85, interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 6 Nov 1979, "The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Nov. 5, 1979, p. 47 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Drewryville list (D-20): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt Her husband's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Mar. 26, 1985, p. 6) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m620q1ob.txt Their marriage record - Emmett Quincey Murfee, 24, s, So.Co., So.Co., farmer, s/o Emmett Allen and Rosa C. Jordan Murfee m. 02-16-1918 Adams Grove, Va. by Rev. W.E. Lankford Sarah Copes Newsom, 24, s, So.Co., So.Co., d/o Thomas David and Clara Conquest Copes Newsom (Southampton Co. MB17:170; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 024. m. 02/16/1918, So'hampton Co., by W.E. Lankford E. Quincey Murfee, 24, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., sn/o Emmett & Rosa C. Murfee, Farmer Sarah C. Newsom, 24, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., dt/o Thos.D. & Clara C. Newsom (Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb17pt.txt) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m620s3ob.txt