Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Parham, Betty L., 1946 

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BETTY LOUISE PARHAM

   Betty Louise Parham, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.T. Parham of Capron 
died Tuesday afternoon, August 6, in the Henry A. Wise Hospital, Virginia 
Beach, after an illness of a little over two weeks.  The funeral services were 
held from the Capron Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. L.D. Stables, 
pastor, assisted by the Rev. H.B. Jennings of the Capron Baptist Church. 
Members of the Methodist and Baptist choirs sang "Asleep in Jesus" and "Safe 
in the Arms of Jesus."  Burial was in the Capron Cemetery.

   Besides her parents she is survived by three sisters, Barbara June, Linda 
and Judith Parham and two brothers, Lewis and Russell Parham, all of Capron, 
two half-sister, Mrs. J.R. Johnson, Jr. of Carrollton, Va., Mrs. Allison 
Murphy of Akron, Ohio; two half-brothers, Robert L. Parham of Capron and 
Thomas Parham in Windsor, Va., a maternal grandmother, Mrs. S.L. Lovegrove of 
Scotland Neck, N.C., and several aunts and uncles.

   Betty had a bright, sunny disposition and was a favorite among her many 
friends, which was shown by the attendance and the beautiful floral designs 
which covered the grave.  She was a member of the Capron Methodist Church and 
the Intermediate class of the Sunday school.  Active pallbearers were John E. 
Fox, Alfred G. Stabes, Emerson Burgess, Raymond Burgess, Marks Turner, James 
Francis, Billy Scarborough, Jesse T. Marks.


Betty Louise PARHAM, d. 6 Aug 1946, Virginia Beach, age 12, 
oldest daughter of Lewis T. & Elizabeth L. (LOVEGROVE) PARHAM of Capron, 
interred in Capron Cemetery, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 16, 1946 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-30): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 12, 1960, p. 7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p650l1ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Apr. 10, 2000, B8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p650e1ob.txt 


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