Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rountree, Daniel B., 1959 

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DANIEL BENJAMIN ROUNTREE 

D.B. ROUNTREE DIES IN SLEEP 

   NEWSOMS - Daniel Benjamin Rountree, 69, died unexpectedly in his sleep 
early today (Thursday) at his home here.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Carrie Vincent Rountree and son of the late 
Daniel and Martha Rountree.

   He was a lifelong resident of Southampton County.  He was a retired 
building contractor after 50 years of service.

   He was an active and faithful member of the Newsoms Methodist Church, 
serving as a steward and teacher of the Men’s Bible Class.  He was a member 
of the Newsoms Masonic Lodge and the Newsoms Ruritan Club.

   Besides his wife he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J.C. Blythe, 
Greensville, N.C.; five sons, B.F. Rountree, Portsmouth, Valon F. , Guy P., 
Donald E. and Lemuel V. Rountree, all of Newsoms; six grandchildren; three 
sisters, Mrs. K.T. Vick and Mrs. Nellie Ferguson, both of Portsmouth, and 
Mrs. Lelia Witham, Courtland; two brothers, M.V. Rountree, Orange, Calif., 
and M.F. Rountree, Newsoms.

   Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the 
Newsoms Methodist Church by the Rev. H. Warren Landis, pastor.

   Burial will be in Hollywood Hill Cemetery, Newsoms.


Daniel Benjamin ROUNTREE, retired building contractor, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., d. 2 Jul 1959, at home, Newsoms, age 69, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 4 Jul 1959, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 2, 1959, Sect. I, p. 1 

*Both wives & his mother are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-58): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His first wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 21, 1928, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r536m2ob.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 29, 1971, II-2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r536c1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," June 14, 1935, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r536m3ob.txt 

His father & maternal grandparents are all buried (unmarked) in a 
   WORRELL family cemetery, Newsoms. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-30): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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