Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rountree, Millard F., 1964 

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MILLARD FOREST ROUNTREE

   NEWSOMS - Millard Forest Rountree, 62, well known retired farmer of the 
Newsoms community died early Thursday morning at Southampton Memorial Hospital 
after an illness for many months.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Hazel Smith Rountree and son of the late Daniel 
R. and Martha Jane Worrell Rountree.

   He was a member of the Newsoms Methodist church, and Men’s Bible class.  He 
was a Pastmaster of Masonic Lodge 128 of Newsoms and an honorary member of the 
Newsoms Ruritan Club.

   Surviving him besides his wife are one daughter, Mrs. Leone R. Brown of 
Franklin; one brother, Malcolm U. Rountree of Orange, Calif.; two sisters, 
Mrs. D. Nellie Ferguson of Portsmouth and Mrs. Lelia R. Whitham of Courtland.

   A funeral service was conducted on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Newsoms 
Methodist Church by the pastor, the Rev. Robert E. Abbott.

   Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery with Masonic Rites.  W.J.M. Holland and Sons 
were in charge.

   Pallbearers were R.L. Porter, J.T. Story, Jr., J.C. Story, E.B. Prince Jr., 
R.N. Darden Jr., Gilbert Francis, E.Beale Carter Sr. and Fred Worrell.


Millard Forest ROUNTREE, retired Newsoms farmer, 
d. 24 Dec 1964, Franklin, age 62, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 2 Jan 1965, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 7, 1965 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-59): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

Additional information: 
- s/o Daniel Richardson and Martha Jane (WORRELL) ROUNTREE 


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