Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Person, Edward J., 1940 

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EDWARD J. PERSON

   Funeral services for Edward J. Person, son of the late Junius R. Person and 
Mrs. Annie Francis Person of the Branchville vicinity, whose death occurred 
Thursday night at 8:30 o’clock at his residence, following a heart attack, 
were conducted Saturday afternoon at Person Methodist Church by his pastor, 
the Rev. E.B. Loving, at 2:30 o’clock.  Mr. Person had been in ill health for 
several months, though his death came as a great shock to his beloved family 
and relatives.  He was a lifetime resident in the vicinity and was connected 
with some of the most prominent families of Southampton County.  Besides his 
wife, Mrs. Lizzie Murfee Person, he is survived by two daughters and four 
sons, Mrs. Gibson Sykes and Mrs. Frank Lifsey of Emporia, Randolph and George 
Person of Branchville vicinity, Edward Person, Jr. of Richmond, Billie Person 
of Curtis Bay, Md.; one sister, Mrs. B.D. Ellis of Drewryville; two brothers, 
Tom Billie Person of Littleton, and Walter Person of Whaleyville; three 
grandchildren, Lois Person of Branchville, Elizabeth and Mozetta Sykes of 
Emporia, and a number of nieces and nephews.

   During the service the church choir sang "Safe in the Arms of Jesus."  The 
casket was covered with a pall of white and yellow chrysanthemums and fern. 
There were many beautiful floral tributes, which showed the esteem he was 
held.  Interment was made in the church cemetery.


Edward J. PERSON, lifetime resident of the Branchville vicinity, 
d. 21 Nov 1940, at home, age 64, 
interred in Person's Methodist Church Cemetery*, 23 Nov 1940, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 29, 1940, p. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-56): 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt 

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