Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawls, Dr. Joel C., 1968 

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DR. JOEL CUTCHINS RAWLS

LOCAL PHYSICIAN BURIED SUNDAY

    A graveside funeral service for Dr. Joel Cutchins Rawls, 85, prominent 
local physician was conducted Sunday afternoon in Poplar Spring Cemetery by 
the Rev. David L. Crook assistant pastor of Franklin Baptist Church and the 
Rev. Robert E. Davis of Emanuel Episcopal Church.  W.J.M. Holland & Sons 
Funeral Home was in charge.

   Pallbearers were Charles Rawls, James J. Rawls, Delanie Hingerty, Bruce 
Johnson, Steve Boykins, Wayland Stephenson Jr., Sol W. Rawls Jr., and John Lee 
Johnson.

   Rawls died Friday in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk, following a 
long illness.

   A native of Nansemond county, he was a son of Robert and Mrs. Diana 
Cutchins Rawls and the husband of the late Mrs. Ella Guthrie Rawls.

   He attended the College of William and Mary, and Medical College of 
Virginia and received his medical degree from the University of Maryland in 
1909.

   He first practiced medicine in Florida, then moved to Franklin where he 
practiced more than 50 years until his retirement.

   He was founder of Tidewater Beagle Club and a pioneer breeder of registered 
Guernsey cattle.

   He was a life member of Medical Society of Virginia and a charter member of 
Bruner Bible Class of Franklin Baptist Church.

   He is survived by a brother, Sol W. Rawls Sr. of Franklin; and several 
nieces and nephews.


Dr. Joel Cutchins RAWLS, retired physician, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 29 Nov 1968, Suffolk, age 85, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 107*), Franklin, 
   1 Dec 1968, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 5, 1968, p. 6 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Additional information: 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," June 4, 1964, Sect. I, p. 5), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420e3ob.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 17, 1920) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420r4ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Southampton Democrat," June, 1907) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420d2ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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