Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Presson, Georgia M. Stakes, 1945 

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GEORGIA MAE STAKES PRESSON 

   Mrs. Georgia Mae Presson, 56, wife of John C. Presson, died last 
Friday morning after a long illness.  She was a daughter of the late 
Charles H. Stakes and Mrs. Mary Murden Stakes.  Surviving her are her 
husband and mother; five sons, Waverly of Suffolk, Vernon, Willie and 
Lee of Franklin, and Melvin Presson, U.S.A.; a daughter, Mrs. Wesley 
Wilson of Franklin, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two 
sisters, Mrs. M.E. Gray of Norfolk and Mrs. R.L. Gray of Franklin.

   Funeral services were held from the Holland Funeral Home Saturday 
afternoon, conducted by her pastor, Dr. W.T. Scott, assisted by the 
Rev. R.D. Stephenson.  The services were largely attended and there 
were many beautiful flowers, the casket being covered with a pall of 
white gladioli and roses.  Pallbearers were: Murden, Charles and Clyde 
Gray, G.C. Hand, R.H. Price and C.L. Steyron.  Burial was made in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Georgia Mae "Georgie" (STAKES; Mrs. John C.) PRESSON, 
d. 13 Jul 1945, age 56, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 53B*), Franklin, 
   14 Jul 1945, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 20, 1945, p. 8  

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 


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