Southampton County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pulley, Margaret R. Worrell, 1970 

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MARGARET RUTH WORRELL PULLEY 

MRS. PULLEY 

  Funeral services will be held Wednesday, at 2 p.m. for Mrs. Margaret Worrell 
Pulley, 89, [who] died in tn the Confederate Widow's home in Richmond, Sunday 
afternoon.

  Services will be conducted from the Oakland Christian Church in Chuckatuck, 
by Dr. W. Millard Stevens, pastor.

  A native of Southampton County, she was the widow of Richard W. Pulley and 
the daughter of the late Robert B. and Mrs. Nancy Johnson Worrell.

  Mrs. Pulley was the last widow or a Confederate soldier residing at the 
Confederate widow's Home in Richmond.

  She was a member of the Johnson Grove Christian Church in Sedley.

  Survivors include six nieces, Mrs. Percy Hundley and Mrs. James Thacker, 
both of Smithfield, Mrs. Lee Norfleet and Mrs. Richard Nelms, both of Suffolk, 
Mrs. D.W. Taylor of Baltimore and Mrs. Alfred Luttrell of Charlottesville; 
also two nephews, Robert Pulley of Smithfield and Leslie Pulley of Franklin.

  Interment will be in the Family Cemetery, near Johnson Grove Christian 
Church near Sedley.

  Services are being directed by the Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield.


Margaret Ruth (WORRELL; Mrs. Richard W.) PULLEY, 
last inmate of the Confederate Widow's Home, Richmond, 
b. 23 May 1881, Southampton Co., d. 2 Aug 1970, Richmond, 
interred in the PULLEY family cemetery*, near Sedley, 5 Aug 1970, 
moved to Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 33*), Franklin, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 51, No. 31, Aug. 5, 1970, p. 9, col. 1; 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 51, No. 31, Aug. 5, 1970, p. 9, col. 1 

*Additional information: 

Located near Johnson's Grove Christian Church (collapsed by 2016), on 
   Vicksville Rd. (Rt. 645), near Sedley.  Most of the interments were moved 
   to Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley; however, Margaret's husband Richard is still 
   there, with his 2nd wife, Adelade R. (Gardner) PULLEY. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 9 (IX-34): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol9.txt 

Margaret was moved to the plot of her sister Sallie, who m. Richard's nephew 
   Mills R. PULLEY.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Margaret applied for a Confederate widow's pension, 23 Apr 1934; file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/military/civilwar/pensions/p400m1wp.txt 


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Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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