Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rountree, Rochelle J., 1940 

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ROCHELLE JORDAN ROUNTREE

   Rochelle Jordan Rountree, 53, well known resident of Franklin, died 
suddenly December 22 at his home on the Franklin-Courtland Boulevard. 
He had been in ill health for some months.

   Surviving Mr. Rountree are his wife, Mrs. Burnette Councill Rountree; 
two sons, Jordan Rountree, Jr., and Councill Rountree, both of Norfolk; 
two brothers, Chaplain H.E. Rountree of San Diego, Calif., and W.T. 
Rountree of Oyster Point, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. H.B. Harrell of Portsmouth, 
and Mrs. H.P. Taylor of Suffolk.

   Funeral services were held from the residence Monday afternoon, December 23 
at 1 o'clock by Dr. Elwood W. Jones, pastor of Franklin Congregational 
Christian Church.  Burial was made in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  The 
pallbearers were: R.C. Councill, H.G. Councill, R.E. Coggsdale, L.B. Norfleet, 
T.A. Gillette, Jr., J. Letcher Eley and J.P. Richardson of Norfolk.


Rochelle Jordan ROUNTREE, of Franklin, 
d. 22 Dec 1940, at home, Southampton Co., age 53, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 82A*), Franklin, 
   23 Dec 1940, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 3, 1941, p. 4 

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

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 26, 1964, Sect. I, p. 6) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r536b1ob.txt 


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