Southampton County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawls, Ruth B. Cobb, 1967 

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RUTH COBB RAWLS

   IVOR - A graveside funeral service for Mrs. Ruth Cobb Rawls was conducted 
Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Ivor Cemetery by the Rev. Edward B. Owen.  Purviance 
Funeral Home, Wakefield, was in charge. 

   Pallbearers were Clifton W. Britt, J. Russell West, Ernest W. Pittman, 
John T. Faircloth Jr., Homer S. Saunders, R. Marvis Felts, A.W. Saunders, 
E.V. Stephenson Jr., Booker Smith and Thomas M. Pulley. 

   Mrs. Rawls, 82, died Tuesday morning in Hermitage Methodist Home, Richmond, 
after a short illnesss. 

   A native of Southampton County, she was a member of Ivor Methodist Church. 
She was a graduate of Farmville State Teachers College and formerly taught in 
Ivor schools. 

   She was a daughter of Anthony F. and Mrs. Senora Joyner Cobb and the wife 
of Willie C. Rawls of Richmond. 

   Besides her husband, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. James A. Thomson of 
Alexandria; a sister, Mrs. R.H. Rawls of Richmond; and two grandchildren. 


Ruth Batten (COBB; Mrs. Willie C.) RAWLS, former Ivor teacher, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 17 Oct 1967, Richmond, age 82, 
interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 18 Oct 1967, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 19, 1967, p. 2 

*Her parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Ivor list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 19, 1967, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420w4ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," May 8, 1936, p. 7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100s5ob.txt 


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