Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pace, D. Christine Rawls, 1959 

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DIANNA CHRISTINE RAWLS PACE 

Final Rites Are Held for Mrs. Pace 

  FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Mrs. Christine Rawls Pace, who died at her 
home Sunday afternoon, was held Monday at 4 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons 
Funeral Home by the Rev. Phillip E. Jenkins of South Quay Baptist Church. 
Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Pallbearers Sol. W. Rawls, Jr., Ashby 
Rawls, Jim Rawls, Charles Rawls, James E. Rawls, Emmett Pace, John Lee Johnson 
and Wayland Stephenson. 

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Mrs. Christine R. Pace 

   Mrs. Christine Rawls Pace, 78, died Sunday afternoon at her home here after 
a long illness.

   The widow of W.T. Pace, she was the daughter of Robert and Dianna Cutchins 
Rawls of Nansemond County and was a resident here 40 years.  She was a member 
of Franklin Baptist Church.

   Surviving are a sister, Miss Mable Rawls of Norfolk; three brothers, Dr. 
Joel C. Rawls, Sol W. Rawls and R.P. Rawls of Franklin; nieces and nephews.

   A funeral service was held Monday at 4 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons 
Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Phillip E. Jenkins of South Quay Baptist Church 
with burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Sol Rawls, Jr., R. Ashby Rawls, James E. Rawls, Jim Rawls, 
Charles Rawls, John Lee Johnson, H.W. Stephenson and Emmett H. Pace.


Diane Christine (RAWLS; Mrs. William T.) PACE, 
b. 14 Sep 1881, Nansemond Co., d. 27 Dec 1959, at home, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 28B*), Franklin, 
   28 Dec 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 206, Tues., Dec. 29, 1959, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 55, No. 19, Wed., Dec. 30, 1959, 
   Sect. I, p. 7 

*Additional information: 

Her parents & step-mother are buried in the same lot. 
   Her husband is buried with his first wife {of 3} in Sect. 1, Plot 20. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #230805989. 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. #32449 (Franklin #155). 

Her husband's obits ("Tidewater News," Sep. 2, 1954) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p200w2ob.txt 

Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. I, 
   41st VA Infantry. 

His obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 17, 1920, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420r4ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("The Southampton Democrat," June, 1907), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420d2ob.txt 


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