Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Newsome, Annie L. Mumford, 1960 

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ANNIE LENA MUMFORD NEWSOME

   BRANCHVILLE - Mrs. Annie Lena Mumford Newsome, 64, died Monday in a Suffolk 
hospital after a short illness.

   She was the wife of Joseph Randolph Newsome and a daughter of Wade and Mrs. 
Anise Joyner Mumford*.

   She was a lifelong resident of Southampton County.

   In addition to her husband, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Anise 
Barnett of Richmond, Mrs. Helen Vick of Courtland, Mrs. Josie Gay of Seaboard, 
N.C., and Mrs. Irma Scott of Branchville; a son, Joseph R. Newsome, Jr., of 
Branchville; a brother, Jim Vernon Mumford of Petersburg; and 10 grandchildren.

   A funeral service was held Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Branchville 
Baptist Church by the Rev. C.M. Mitchell and the Rev. H. Warren Landis. 
Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins.

   Pallbearers were G. Hinson Parker, Jr., Joe Gay Bryant, George R. Brown, 
J.E. Henry, Edwin D. Priggen, Dr. Hugh Westbrook, B.A. ("Tony") Cobb and John 
M. Camp.


Annie Lena (MUMFORD [MUNFORD]; Mrs. Joseph R. {Sr.}) NEWSOME, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., d. 25 Jul 1960, Suffolk, age ca. 68*, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 13**), Boykins, 27 Jul 1960, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 28, 1960, p. 4 

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

Additional information: 

*Errors in text- 
Annie was the daughter of James Thomas MUNFORD (sn/o Wade MOUNTFORD/MUNFORD 
   m. 1844 Sally JOYNER) and Anise L. WOMBLE. 

   James T. Mumford, 25, single, So:ampton County, [parents not given], Farmer 
   Anise L. Womble, 22, single, So:ampton County, [parents not given] 
   m.lic. 17 Feb 1873, by Dep. Clerk William H. Parker 
   m. 20 Feb 1873, @ Mr. William Joiner's, Southampton, by John S. Russell 
   (MB2:135) 

While the text gives her age as 64, 
the (16 Jun) 1900 Census gives the following- 
   Jersusalem District, Southampton Co., 
   E.D. 62, p. 13a, dwelling 241/family 243, all & parents b. VA 
   36. MUNFORD, J. Thomas, Head, WM52, b. Sep 1847, Farmer, Rents Farm #127 
   37. ---, Alice, wife, WF49, b. Oct 1850, m. 29 yr, 8 of 9 ch surviving 
   38. ---, Wade, sn, WM19, b. Apr 1881, Farm Laborer 
   39. ---, James F., sn, WM15, b. Sep 1884, Farm Laborer 
   40. ---, Annie, dt, WF8, b. Dec 1891, at school 5 mos., can't write 
   41. ---, Sallie, dt, WF3, b. Jan 1897, can't read or write 
   42. ---, Ida, cousin, WF38, b. Apr 1862, Day Laborer 

Annie's brother Wade R. (1881-1916) did m. a JOYNER- 
   Wade Munford, 21, s, So.Co., s/o J.T. and Alice Munford 
   12-23-1902 Zion Church by Rev. C.H. Rowland 
   Lila Joyner, 19, s, So.Co., d/o J.B. and Sallie Joyner 
   MB11:139 (transcribed by Bruce Saunders; 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb11pt.txt) 

The obit ("Tidewater News," July 28, 1960, p. 4) for her husband is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/n250j1ob.txt 

Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/n250a1ob.txt