Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rogerson, B. Lois Lankford, 1971 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LOIS LANKFORD ROGERSON A funeral service for Mrs. Lois Lankford Rogerson, 79, of Franklin, was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. R.E. Brittle. Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Pallbearers were Thurman Blythe, Sherman Blythe, Lloyd Johnson, Eddie Bulls, Joe Spence, Joe Starke and Otis Blythe. A native of Southampton County, she was a daughter of Oliver and Mrs. Effie L. Lankford and the wife of Charlie Cook Rogerson. She was a member of Hunterdale Christian Church. Besides her husband, she is survived by a stepson, Willis Kenny Rogerson of Portsmouth; and sister, Mrs. Florence L. Blythe of Franklin. Bessie Lois (LANKFORD BLYTHE; Mrs. Charlie C.) ROGERSON, of Franklin, Southampton Co. native, d. 29 May 1971, age 79, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 88*), Franklin, 1 Jun 1971, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 3, 1971, p. 8 *Buried with first husband, Harvey Albert BLYTHE (1885-1952). Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt Additional information: HARVEY ALBERT BLYTHE, 22, S, SO.CO., SO.CO., FARMER, S/O WILLIAM ALBERT AND "NANNIE" NANCY D. COBB BLYTHE M. 12-09-1909 SOUTHAMPTON CO., VA. BY REV. C.H. ROWLAND BESSIE LOIS LANKFORD, 18, S, SO.CO., SO.CO., D/O OLIVER GRANT AND EFFIE LANKFORD LANKFORD (MB13:517; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb13pt.txt) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r262l1ob.txt