Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rountree, Donald E. Sr., 2000 

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DONALD EDWARD ROUNTREE SR. 

  Donald Edward "Sonny" Rountree Sr. died July 26, 2000, at the East Pavilion. 

  He was born April 29, 1918, in Newsoms, Va., a son of the late Daniel B. and 
Maude Cutchins Rountree.  He was a retired state registered building 
contractor and a Navy veteran of World War II, having served in and around 
England and ending his naval career in Ocracoke, N.C.  A graduate of Newsoms 
High School, he played baseball and basketball for several years and continued 
to play sports after high school for different communities.  A member of 
Newsoms Hunt Club, Sonny loved fishing and hunting, especially with his 
brothers, and he was good at both.  He was a member of Mount Horeb United 
Methodist Church. 

  Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Margaret Johnson Rountree; a son, 
Donald E. Rountree Jr. and his wife, Jane, of Henrico, N.C.; a daughter, 
Dianne Elizabeth Rountree of Franklin; a brother, Lemuel V. Rountree and his 
wife, Hilda, of Newsoms; four grandchildren, Karen R. Kane and her husband, 
Patrick, of Chester, Kevin Rountree and his wife, Susi, of Atlanta, Ga., 
Cheryl Brandberg and her husband, John, of Augusta, Ga., and Anna Lindahl of 
Orlando, Fla.; four great-grandchildren, Kara and Keri Kane and Jake and Emma 
Brandberg; and several nieces and nephews.  He was predeceased by his 
stepmother, Carrie Vincent Rountree; three brothers and a sister, Benjamin, 
Valon and Guy Rountree and Ollie R. Blythe. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Wright Funeral 
Home with the Rev. James W. Browder III and the Rev. Charlene Beethoven 
officiating.  Burial will be in Southampton Memorial Park.  The family will 
receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home and suggests 
that memorials be made to the Alzheimer's Association c/o Mary Frances 
Newsome, P.O. Box 937, Franklin, VA 23851. 


Donald Edward "Sonny" ROUNTREE, Sr., retired building contractor, 
Navy veteran of WW-II, 
b. 29 Apr 1918, Newsoms, d. 26 Jul 2000, Franklin, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Christus I, Plot 18*), 28 Jul 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), July 27, 2000, B9 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Southampton Memorial list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

His parents & step-mother are buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-58): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," July 2, 1959, I-1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r536d2ob.txt 

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


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