Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rountree, Emily R. Fanny, 1954 

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EMILY RUTH FANNY ROUNTREE

   Funeral services for Mrs. Emily Rountree, 64, were held in the W.J.M. 
Holland & Sons chapel on Wednesday, May 26.  Mrs. Rountree died in her sleep 
at her home on Monday afternoon.

   A resident of Franklin for 45 years, she was the wife of Jodie L. Rountree 
of Franklin and the daughter of the late Benjamin and Martha Hayes Fanny of 
Reynoldson, N.C.

   Besides her husband, Mrs. Rountree is survived by one sister, Mrs. India 
Tillman of La Grange, Ill.; two half sisters, Mrs. Rosa Small of Whaleyville 
and Mrs. John T. Burkette of Portsmouth; one brother, Grafton C. Fanny of 
Scotland Neck, N.C., and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Officiating at the funeral service were the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, the Rev. 
R.D. Stephenson, and the Rev. H.L. Carnes.

   Pallbearers were John Wyatt, Cecil Burkette, George Watkins, Samuel 
Mitchell, Bennie Carr, George E. Pillow, Herman Bowles, and Linwood Norfleet.


Emily Ruth (FANNY; Mrs. Jodie L.) ROUNTREE, 
Reynoldson, NC native, d. 24 May 1954, at home, Franklin, age 64, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 18A*), Franklin, 
   26 May 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 27, 1954 

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

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 7, 1971, Sect. II, p. 3) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r536j1ob.txt 


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