Southampton County-Danville City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raymond, Charles J., 1942 

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CHARLES JUDSON RAYMOND

FORMER FRANKLIN MAN ELECTROCUTED

   Charles Judson Raymond, 29, a former resident of Franklin, was killed late 
Wednesday night while operating an electrically-powered loom in the plant of 
the Riverside Mills at Danville.  Danville City Coroner H.A. Wiseman said that 
death was due to a short circuit in the loom.

   Raymond is survived by his mother, Mrs. Myra Osborn Raymond of Danville; a 
brother, F.B. Raymond, also of Danville, and a sister, Mrs. D.L. Brett, of 
Franklin.

   The body was shipped to Franklin for burial and services took place this 
afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Franklin Baptist Church, conducted by the 
pastor, the Rev. R.D. Stephenson.

   Burial was made in Poplar Spring Cemetery with the following pallbearers: 
R.H. Allen, R. Ellsworth Jones, George Watkins, Gardner Cobb, Herbert Edwards, 
T.C. Holland Jr., Edward F. Gilliam and W.M. Weede.


Charles Judson RAYMOND, of Danville, formerly of Franklin, loom operator, 
electrocuted by short circuit 14 Oct 1942, Riverside Mills, Danville, age 29, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 76*), Franklin, 
   16 Oct 1942, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 16, 1942, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," July 16, 1937, p. 1), is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r553f1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 11, 1968, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r553m1ob.txt 


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