Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawls, William B., 1943 

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WILLIAM BEVERLY RAWLS

   William Beverly Rawls, well-known resident of Franklin, died last Friday 
morning at Raiford Hospital after a week’s illness there.  Mr. Rawls, the son 
of the late William E. and Martha Jane Holland Rawls of Southampton County, 
was born near Franklin June 4th, 1864, and had lived his entire life here.

   He was a quiet, unassuming man, but friendly and ever ready to give his 
services where they were needed.

   Survived him are two sisters, Mrs. E.A. Dillon and Mrs. M.R. Thigpen of 
Franklin; three nieces, Miss Bessie Dillon of Franklin, Miss Martha Savage 
of Boykins and Mrs. Henry P. Deyarle of Charleston, S.C.; one nephew, S.B. 
Savage, Jr. of Alexandria, Va.; one great-niece, Miss Ann Dillon, and one 
great-nephew, William W. Dillon, Jr. of Franklin.

   Funeral services were held form his late residence on South High Street 
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson, with interment 
in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were: J.L. Rountree, Roy Edwards, C.H. Dougherty, Wayland 
Jones, Frank Howell, R.L. Wellons, F.R. Day all of Franklin, and J.S. Morgan 
of Suffolk.


[William Beverly RAWLS, of Franklin, 
 b. 4 Jun 1864, near Franklin, d. 14 May 1943, Franklin, 
 interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Sect. 2, Plot 76A*), Franklin, 16 May 1943, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 21, 1943] 

[*Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt] 

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