Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawls, Willie C., 1971 

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WILLIE CALVIN RAWLS 

   WAKEFIELD -  A funeral service for Willie Calvin Rawls will be held today 
at 11:30 a.m. in Purviance Funeral Home by Rev. R.L. Consolvo. 

   Pallbearers will be: L.A. Brantley, Harvell Railey, Julian A. Felts, E.V. 
Stephenson Jr., W.C. Britt, R.M. Felts, T.N. Pulley, J.C. Epps Sr., Ernest W. 
Pittman, Homer S. Saunders and W.B. Smith. 

   Burial will be in Ivor Cemetery. 

   Rawls, 98, died early Monday in Hermitage Home in Richmond. 

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Richard Henry and Mrs. Mary 
Kilby Rawls and the husband of the late Mrs. Ruth Cobb Rawls. 

   He was a retired merchant and the oldest member of Ivor United Methodist 
Church. 

   Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. James A. Thomson of Alexandria; a sister, 
Mrs. J.R. Rollings of Elberon; two brothers, Robert H. Rawls of Richmond and 
Hugh M. Rawls of Surry; a grandson; and a granddaughter. 

   In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be sent to the 
Infirmary Building Fund of Hermitage Home, Richmond. 


Willie Calvin RAWLS, retired merchant, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 17 Apr 1971, Richmond, age 98, 
interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 18 Oct 1967, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 19, 1967, p. 2 

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

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 19, 1967, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420r9ob.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 7, 1927, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420r2ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420w4ob.txt