Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Rountree, M. Virginia Lundquist, 1932 

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MARY VIRGINIA LUNDQUIST ROUNTREE 

   The Sunbeam and Newsoms communities were saddened by the death of Mrs. 
Virginia Lundquist Rountree which occurred in Jersey City, New Jersey, 
June 3, in her 24th year.  She was the youngest daughter of Mrs. Ida V. 
Lundquist and the late Chas. R. Lundquist and was reared near Sunbeam.

   She and her youthful husband, Benjamin F. Rountree, graduated together 
at the Newsoms High School in June, 1929, and were married in August of 
the same year, making their home in Newsoms for a few months until the 
death of Mr. Rountree’s mother, when they moved to the home of his father 
where they remained until March of this year when they west to Jersey City.

   She was taken ill with tonsillitis, and pneumonia developing, caused her 
death at the Jersey Hospital within a few days.  Her body was brought to 
the home of her mother where funeral services were held Monday afternoon, 
June 6, conducted by her Pastor, Rev. L.E. Dailey, assisted by a former 
pastor, Rev. L.F. Paulette, and Rev. A.K. Lambdin of the Methodist Church. 
Burial was in the Sycamore Church Cemetery.  She united with Sunbeam Baptist 
Church when quite young and kept her membership there until death.  The 
funeral services were largely attended and the floral tributes were numerous 
and beautiful.

   The following young friends served as flower bearers: Virginia Rountree of 
Portsmouth, Ollie Rountree, Annie Maude Worrell, Bessie Worrell, Marguerite 
Bunn, Lucile Story and Mildred Story.  Guy and Valon Rountree, M.F. and D.B. 
Rountree, E.W. Drake, E.L. Cutchins, T.J. Rountree and A.L. Witham served as 
active pallbearers.

   She leaves to mourn their loss her husband, mother, one brother, Joe Peter 
Lundquist; two sisters, Mrs. E.W. Drake and Miss Alma Lundquist, besides a 
large number of relatives and a wide circle of friends.


Mary Virginia (LUNDQUIST; Mrs. Benjamin F.) ROUNTREE, 
Sunbeam native, d. 3 Jun 1932, Jersey City, NJ, age 23, 
interred in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 3, Plot 22*), 6 Jun 1932, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 17, 1932, p. 7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (MV-IV-35): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 11, 1927, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l532c1ob.txt 


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