Southampton County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rakestraw, James W., 1958 

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JAMES WILLIAM RAKESTRAW

   James W. Rakestraw, 50, of Portsmouth died Thursday at a Richmond hospital. 
He is survived by wife, Sara C. Rakestraw; a son James W. Rakestraw Jr. of 
Portsmouth, and a sister, Mrs. C.R. Julian of Richmond.  Funeral arrangements 
were incomplete last night.

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JAMES WILLIAM RAKESTRAW

   FRANKLIN, Oct. 17 - A funeral service for James William Rakestraw, 50, who 
died Thursday, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Holland Funeral Home, 
with burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

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JAMES WILLIAM RAKESTRAW

   FRANKLIN - James William Rakestraw, 50, of Portsmouth, formerly of 
Wentworth, N.C., died Thursday night in a Richmond hospital after a long 
illness.

   He was the son of the late John Waldin and Mrs. Luccinda Carter Rakestraw 
of Rockingham County, N.C., and was a member of the Congregational Christian 
Church of Portsmouth.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sara Cobb Rakestraw, of Portsmouth; one son, 
James W. Rakdstraw, Jr., of Blackburg; two brothers, C.B. Rakestraw and 
Woodrow Rakestraw, both of Leaksville, N.C.; five sisters, Mrs. Luther Carter 
and Mrs. H.L. Laws of Leaksville, Mrs. Paul Landreth of Winston Salem, N.C., 
and Mrs. R.G. Julian, of Richmond, and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel of the 
W.J.M. Holland and Son Funeral Home by the Rev. Tucker G. Humphries, pastor of 
Franklin Congregational Church, assisted by the Rev. Calvin Felton, pastor of 
the Suffolk Baptist Church.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. 
Pallbearers were J.W. Fox, A.D. Mitchell, John T. Claude, Jennings Midgett, 
Jack Pratt and Dr. John Julian.


James William RAKESTRAW, of Portsmouth, formerly of Wentworth, NC, 
d. 16 Oct 1958, Richmond, age 50, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 89A*), Franklin, 
   18 Oct 1958, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Oct. 17, 1958, p. 6; 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Oct. 18, 1958, p. 17; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 30, 1958, Sect. I, p. 6 

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


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