Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rountree, Guy P. Sr., 1972 

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GUY POPE ROUNTREE SR. 

   NEWSOMS - A funeral service for Guy Pope Rountree Sr., 58, of Newsoms, 
was held Thursday at 3 p.m. in McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins, by the Rev. 
Harry Bunch of Newsoms United Methodist Church and the Rev. Roy Everette 
of Woodbridge.

   Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Eppa Prince, R.B. Story, J.C. Story, Fred Worrell, E. 
Beale Carter Jr. and LeRoy Dail.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Elizabeth 
Worrell Rountree and a son of the late Daniel Benjamin and Mrs. Maude 
Cutchins Rountree.

   He was a farmer and a carpenter.

   He was a member of Newsoms United Methodist Church, Newsoms Masonic 
Lodge #128, Newsoms Ruritan Club, and Newsoms Hunt Club.

   Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter Mrs. Rebecca Dubrowsky of 
Colonial Heights; a son, Guy Pope Rountree Jr. of Newsoms; a sister Mrs. 
J.C. Blythe of Greenville, N.C.; four brothers, Benjamin F. Rountree of 
Portsmouth and Valon F. Rountree, Donald E. Rountree, and Lemuel V. 
Rountree of Newsoms; and two grandchildren.


Guy Pope ROUNTREE, Sr., of Newsoms, farmer & carpenter, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 11 Apr 1972, Richmond, age 58, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 13 Apr 1972, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 17, 1972, Sect. A, p. 2 

*His parents 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 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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