Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Neblett, Charlotte B. Roberts, 1937 

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CHARLOTTE BELLE ROBERTS NIBLETT*

   Mrs. Charlotte Belle Roberts Niblett, wife of W.G. Niblett, died at her 
home in Boykins Thursday afternoon, June 17, after a long illness.  She was 69 
years old.  Mrs. Niblett was the daughter of the late F.C. Roberts** and Mrs. 
Charlotte Butler Roberts of Windsor.  Surviving are her husband, W.G. Niblett 
of Boykins; three daughters, Mrs. L.C. Drake of Sunbeam, Mrs. F.M. Powell, Sr. 
of Boykins and Mrs. R.T. Stephenson of Raleigh, N.C.; four grandchildren; two 
brothers, Rev. J.M. Roberts and A.K. Roberts of Windsor; two sisters, Mrs. 
B.P. Gay of Smithfield and Mrs. George Britt of Windsor, and a host of friends 
and relatives.

   She was a member of Windsor Christian Church and the Epworth Bible Class of 
the Boykins Methodist Church. Mrs. Niblett was a devoted wife and mother and a 
loyal friend.

   Funeral services were conducted at her home last Friday afternoon by Rev. 
F.B. Handley, assisted by Rev. C.P. Cleveland of Newsoms and Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson of Franklin.  The choirs of both churches sang "The Old Rugged 
Cross" at the home and "Asleep In Jesus" at the grave.  Mrs. H.M. Purviance 
sang as a solo "Home of the Soul."  Interment was in Beechwood Cemetery. 
Pallbearers were: R.T. Stephenson, F.M. Powell, L.C. Drake, Thomas Niblett 
Stephenson, Graves Powell and L.C. Drake, Jr.


Charlotte Belle (ROBERTS; Mrs. Walter G.) NEBLETT {NIBLETT}, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 17 Jun 1937, at home, Boykins, age 69, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Section D, Plot 5), Boykins, 18 Jun 1937, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 25, 1937 

*While the obit gives NIBLETT, the cemetery list gives NEBLETT. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list (BE-AX1D-5): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

**Her father Francis Columbus ROBERTS was one of seven brothers who survived 
their service as members of the Isle of Wight Grays (Co D/16th Va Inf., CSA). 
A portrait and biographic sketch of the brothers appear in 
Helen H. King's "Historical Notes on Isle of Wight County, Virginia" 
(Isle of Wight: Board of Supervisors, 1993) pp. 184-86, 548. 


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