Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Martha F. Powell, 1931 

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MARTHA FRANCES POWELL

   Mrs. Martha Frances Powell of Boykins died at her home in that town early 
yesterday morning in her 78th year. Mrs. Powell was a native of this county, 
the daughter of the late John Thomas and Mrs. Lucy Powell. She was a beloved 
resident of Boykins for many years and a consistent member of the Boykins 
Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, W.A. Powell; by two daughters, 
Mrs. W.F. McKinstry and Mrs. H.G. Coleman, and three sons, George A., W. Hugh 
and L. Franklin Powell, and 15 grandchildren, all of Boykins; by two brothers, 
John H. Powell of Petersburg and J.B. Powell of the Boykins community, besides 
a large family connection and a host of friends.

   Funeral services will be conducted from the residence of L. Franklin Powell, 
with whom she made her home, this (Friday) afternoon at 3 o’clock interment to 
follow in the family plot in Beechwood Cemetery.


Martha Frances "Pattie" (POWELL; Mrs. William A.) POWELL, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 29 Oct 1931, at home, Boykins, age 78, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 118*), Boykins, 30 Oct 1931, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 30, 1931 

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

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 2, 1935) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p400w2ob.txt 


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