Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rountree, John R., 1936 

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        John R. Rountree 

  Franklin, Dec. 31. - John R. Rountree, farmer of Holland community, died at 
his home in this morning after an illness of many weeks.  Mr. Rountree is 
survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Cobb Rountree; two daughters, Mrs. C.E. 
Cobb, of Carrsville, and Mrs. A.W. Turner, of Franklin; three sons, Acey and 
Roger B. Rountree, of Holland, and Ashby Rountree, of Suffolk. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon, at 3 o'clock at the 
W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, by Rev. Elwood W. Jones.  Burial will be 
in Poplar Spring Cemetery. 


John R. ROUNTREE, farmer, 
b. ca. 1860, Southampton Co., d. 31 Dec 1936, at home, near Holland, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 23*), Franklin, 
   1 Jan 1936, 
donated obit, publication unknown, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #211025736, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum, 
   from the Maggie Eley Duke & Audrey Eloise Duke Butler Collection 

*Apparently unmarked; John & his widow (1867 - 1944) have been added 
   to their sons' plot. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

D.Cert. 32150 (Holy Neck #1) 


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