Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rowe, James T. Jr., 1981 

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JAMES THOMAS ROWE JR.

   JACKSONVILLE, FLA. - A funeral service for James Thomas Rowe Jr., 69, will 
be held today at 2 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, the Rev. J.M. 
Tongue.  Burial will be at Twelve Oaks Farm family cemetery in Southampton 
County.

   Pallbearers were: Jimmy Rowe, Bailey Ashby, Jack Pond, Harold Owen, Edward 
Williams, Burrell Sanders, and Stuart Ashby.

   Rowe died Monday in his home.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Rose T. Palmieri 
Rowe.  He was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and formerly 
worked for the Virginia State Highway Department, Richmond.  He retired in 
1977 as a building engineer for Seaboard Railroad.  He was a graduate of the 
University of Virginia.

   Other survivors include two sons, J. Thomas Rowe III, of Livingston, Mont., 
and Robert E. Rowe of Huntingson, W.Va.; and four grandchildren.


[James Thomas ROWE, Jr., retired Seaboard R.R. building engineer, 
 Southampton Co. native, d. 19 Oct 1981, at home, Jacksonville, FL, age 69, 
 interred in the WILLIAMS ("Twelve Oaks Farm") family cemetery*, 22 Oct 1981, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 22, 1981, p. 10A] 

[*located on Wakefield Road (Rt. 628). 
 Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
     Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-54): 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt] 

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