Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Spence, Thomas, 1944 

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THOMAS SPENCE

   Thomas Spence, age 69, died quietly at his home near Branchville, about 
6:00 a.m. Sunday, April 9, 1944, after a lingering illness.  He was the son of 
the late Joseph and Lucy Chitty Spence.

   He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie Spence; one daughter, Mrs. Alice 
Davis, Fentress: three sons, Cleopas Spence, Branchville; William Spence, 
Drewryville; Wilfred Spence, Holland; two brothers, D.C. Spence, Branchville 
and R.L. Spence of Durham, N.C., and 13 grandchildren.

   Funeral services were conducted from Persons Methodist Church Monday 
evening, April 10 at 2:30 o’clock with the Rev. L.F. Callaham, pastor of the 
church officiating.  Music was furnished by the choir of the church. 
Pallbearers were: P.R. Ricks, E.L. Cutchins, R.E. Barrett, Thomas Parker, 
Aubrey Woodard and Thomas Davis.

   Burial was in the cemetery of Person’s Church.


Thomas SPENCE, 
d. 9 Apr 1944, at home, near Branchville, age 69, 
interred in Persons Methodist Church Cemetery*, 10 Apr 1944, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 14, 1944, p. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-28): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt 


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