Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....O’Berry, James F., 1981 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JAMES FRANKLIN O’BERRY NEWSOMS - A funeral service for James Franklin O’berry, 61, was held Thursday at 11 a.m. in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms, by the Revs. Arthur W. Green and Kenneth Williams. McDowell Funeral home, Boykins was in charge. O’berry died Tuesday in Southampton Memorial Hospital. A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Olivia Holloman O’berry. He was a store manager in Courtland for the ABC Board. He was a member of Newsoms United Methodist Church and a charter member of Newsoms Volunteer Fire Department. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Nancy O. Snellings of Fredericksburg; a son, James H. O’berry of Franklin; three sisters, Mrs. Aubry Austin of Four Oaks, N.C., Mrs. Dorothy Fowler of Warrenton, N.C., and Mrs. Julian L. Carter of Newsoms, and a stepbrother, Harold Drake, both of Newsoms; and two grandchildren. James Franklin O’BERRY, ABC store manager, Courtland, Southampton Co. native, d. 23 Jun 1981, Franklin, age 61, interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 25 Jun 1981, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 29, 1981, p. 10 **Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-48): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.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/o160j2ob.txt