Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Rawls, Maud B. Felts, 1965 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MAUD BLANCHE FELTS RAWLS MRS. MAUD F. RAWLS CAPRON - Mrs. Maud Felts Rawls, 87, widow of John Thomas Rawls, died Wednesday in Maryview Hospital, Portsmouth, after a long illness. She lived lately with a daughter, Mrs. Mary Rountrey [sic; Rountree] of 215 Rolen Drive, Chesapeake. Surviving are another daughter, Mrs. Euclid Hanbury of Portsmouth and four sons, Julian E. Rawls of Portsmouth, Clyde M. Rawls of Chesapeake, Raymond G. Rawls of Capron and John Clayton Rawls of San Leandro, Calif., eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held today at 2 p.m. in Capron Methodist Church by the Rev. C.B. Spivey, Jr. Burial will be in Capron Cemetery with Echols Funeral Home, Emporia, in charge. ****************************************************************************** MRS. MAUD F. RAWLS CAPRON - Funeral services for Mrs. Maud Felts Rawls were conducted today at 2 p.m. in Capron Methodist Church by the Rev. C.B. Spivey Jr. Burial was in Capron Cemetery. Mrs. Rawls, 87, widow of John Thomas Rawls, died Wednesday in Maryview Hospital, Portsmouth, after a long illness. She lived lately with a daughter, Mrs. Mary Rountrey [sic; Rountree] of 215 Rolen Drive, Chesapeake. Surviving are another daughter, Mrs. Euclid Hanbury of Portsmouth and four sons, Julian E. Rawls of Portsmouth, Clyde M. Rawls of Chesapeake, Raymond G. Rawls of Capron and John Clayton Rawls of San Leandro, Calif., eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Maud Blanche (FELTS CONWELL; Mrs. John T.) RAWLS, b. 14 Dec 1877, Southampton Co., d. 14 Apr 1965, Portsmouth, interred in Capron Cemetery*, 16 Apr 1965, "Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Fri., Apr. 16, 1965, p. 38; "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 43, No. 91, Fri., Apr. 16, 1965, p. 2 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Capron list (C-34): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt A photo of her gravestone - added by Budjr - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #16461846. D.Cert. 10521 (Portsmouth #379) Her parents, Nathaniel Thos. & Martha E. (WELLS/REESE VICK) FELTS, are buried in a FELTS family cemetery, Cross Keys Rd. at Clarksbury Rd. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-21): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt Her second husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 17, 1947, p. 16) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420j9ob.txt She 1m. John H. CONWELL, 25 Jan 1899 (MB9:492): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb09pt.txt John (1869 - 1901) is buried with her parents. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Joan Brinkley, and Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420m6ob.txt