Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pulley, Junius W., 1970 

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JUNIUS WAVERLY PULLEY 

   COURTLAND - A graveside funeral service for Junius Waverly Pulley was 
conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Riverside Cemetery by the Rev. Harold G. Lewis 
of Courtland Baptist Church.  W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, 
was in charge.

   Pallbearers were Dr. E.F. Reese, Stuart Jenkins, L.A. Clements, Ben E. 
Babb, Marsden Pulley and J.V. Barksdale.

   Pulley, 80, former Courtland mayor and Commonwealth’s attorney of 
Southampton County, died early Sunday in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Mayab Owens 
Pulley and a son of Frank P. and Mrs. Cora Stevenson Pulley.

   He was a member of Courtland Baptist Church, taught the Men’s Bible Class 
30 years, and was a deacon and trustee.

   He was a member of the Virginia Bar Association, a past master of Courtland 
Masonic Lodge, twice president of Courtland Ruritan Club, and former vice 
president and director of the Bank of Southampton County.

   He was instrumental in establishing the Cecil Rawls Library in Courtland 
and was a regional board member of the library.

   He owned Nottoway Furniture Store.

   Besides his widow, surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Frances Pulley Moore 
of Courtland and Mrs. Anne Pulley Prince of Capron; three sons, Junius Waverly 
Pulley Jr., F. Bert Pulley and C. Graham Pulley of Courtland; a brother, 
Thomas M. Pulley of Ivor; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Pulley Holladay of Mt. 
Dora, Fla.; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.


Junius Waverly PULLEY (Sr.), former Courtland mayor & Commonwealth’s Attorney, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 23 Aug 1970, Franklin, age 80, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section II, Plot 35/44*), Courtland, 
   25 Aug 1970, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 27, 1970 

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

His marriage record - 

Junius W. Pulley, 26, s, So.Co., So.Co., Attorney at Law, 
   s/o Franklin Pierce and Cora Fannie Stephenson Pulley 
m. 03-01-1917 Norfolk, Virginia by Rev. W.W. Edwards 
Frances Mayab Owens, 22, s, Norfolk Co., Va., So.Co., 
   d/o John B. and Helen G. Owens 
(Southampton Co. MB16:553; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

055. m. 03/01/1917, Norfolk, by W.W. Edwards 
J.W. Pulley, 26, single, b. & res. Southampton, sn/o F.P. & C. Pulley, 
   Atty. at Law 
Frances M. Owens, 22, single, b. Norfolk Co., res. Southampton, 
   dt/o J.B. & H.F. Owens 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb16pt.txt) 

His widow's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Mar. 24, 1977, p. 22), 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p400m6ob.txt 

His parents' marriage record is appended to the 1939 obits 
   for his brother Lloyd C. PULLEY, posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p400l5ob.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/p400j4ob.txt