Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rollings, Susan J. Barrett, 1920 

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SUSAN JANE BARRETT ROLLINGS

   In all His goodness and mercy, God has deemed it wise to take from our 
midst.  Mrs. Susan Barrett Rollings, wife of Richard H. Rollings of the 
Sebrell community.  Her death occurred September 11, 1920, after having 
suffered an illness of several weeks.

   Mrs. Rollings, born August 27, 1853, was a daughter of the late James M. 
Barrett, who was a charter member and deacon of Barrett's Christian Church. 
She herself became an active member in early girlhood and has ever lived a 
life of service, which measured up to the standard of right - her one great 
aim and desire.  One who possessed such pure and noble traits of character 
as she did, will be missed everywhere.  There was never a more generous, 
lovable, self-sacrificing, devout woman.  At all times, her life stood out 
as an example for those around her.  During her recent illness, borne with 
patience and Christian fortitude, she realized and pictured in beautiful 
words, the way of the great Beyond - her future home.

   On September 12, at the home of the deceased, the funeral service was 
conducted by the pastor, Rev. J.M. Roberts, Windsor, who based his remarks 
on 2 Tim. 4:17, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I 
have kept the faith."

   The service was made very impressive by the music, "Asleep in Jesus," and 
"Home Sweet Home" as sung by the quartette, Mrs. Wyatt Slade and Mr. W.S. 
Barrett, Dendron, Miss Grace Rollings and Mr. Faison, Sebrell.

   The deceased is survived by her husband, Richard H. Rollings, three sons, 
Edwin Mills Rollings, Sebrell; Jesse Barrett Rollings, Victoria; Amos Thornton 
Rollings, Sedley; two daughters, Mrs. J. Clyde Williams and Miss Viola 
Virginia Rollings, Sebrell; seven grandchildren; three sister, Mrs. Ida 
Barrett Laine, and Miss Martha Barrett, Wakefield, Mrs. Lucy F. Spivey, Isle 
of Wight C.H.; one brother, Mrs. Joseph Barrett.

   The active pallbearers were her three sons, Edwin Mills Rollings, Jesse 
Barrett Rollings, J. Clyde Williams; five nephews, Herman Rollings, Reginald 
Rollings, Sebrell; Frank Laine, Chester; Arthur Spivey, Wakefield; W.S. 
Barrett, Dendron; honorary, one son, Amos Thornton Rollings; attending 
physician, Dr. E.B. Kilby; J. Spratley Rollings, H.B. Richardson, J.E. 
Ellsworth, W.G. Rollings, W.T. Pittman, H. Kitchen, W.S. Briggs, W.R. Pittman, 
W. Whitehead, F.W. Stortz.

   The lovely floral designs which covered her mound manifested the esteem and 
love of her friends, and in the presence of a large assembly gathered around 
the family cemetery, the last tribute was paid at sunset Sunday evening as the 
choir sang "Abide With Me."


Susan Jane (BARRETT; Mrs. Richard H.) ROLLINGS, of Sebrell, 
b. 27 Aug 1853, d. 11 Sep 1920, 
interred in the ROLLINGS family cemetery*, Wakefield Rd., 12 Sep 1920, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 17, 1920, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-58): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 


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