Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawls, Robert P., 1966 

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ROBERT PAYNE RAWLS

   FRANKLIN - A graveside funeral service for Robert Payne Rawls was conducted 
Sunday at 4 p.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins.  W.J.M. 
Holland & Sons Funeral Home was in charge.

   Pallbearers were Jim Rawls, S.W. Rawls, Jr., C.A. Cutchins III, L. Winder 
Lane, R.A. Pretlow, J. Vaughan Beale, Robert C. Ray and R. Bruce Johnson.

   Rawls, 80, the husband of Mrs. Roberta Fristoe Rawls, died Friday after a 
long illness.

   A native of Nansemond County, he was a son of Robert Rawls and Mrs. Dianna 
Cutchins Rawls.  He was a member of the Bruner Bible Class.  

   He was the founder of R.P. Rawls & Son, real estate and insurance agents, 
and a prominent sportsman.  He introduced the breeding of the red Irish Setter 
in this area.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Robert Ashby Rawls; two 
brothers, Dr. J.C. Rawls and Sol W. Rawls of Franklin; and two grandchildren, 
Robert A. Rawls Jr. and Miss Betty Randolph Rawls, also of Franklin.


Robert Payne RAWLS, real estate & insurance agency founder, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 9 Sep 1966, age 80, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 70B*), Franklin, 
   11 Sep 1966, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 15, 1966, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

His parents are buried in Section 1, Plot 28B. 

The obituary for his father, Robert RAWLS (1843-1920), is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420r4ob.txt 

The obituary for his mother, Dianna (CUTCHINS) RAWLS (1848-1907), 
   is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420d2ob.txt 

The obituary for his widow, Roberta L.L. (FRISTOE) RAWLS (1888-1979), 
   is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420r5ob.txt 


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