Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Spanner, R. Ruth Sharpe, 1974 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ROSE RUTH SHARP MADRON SPANNER FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Mrs. Ruth Sharp* Spanner, 73, was held Tuesday, March 12, in Poplar Spring Cemetery with the Rev. R.E. Brittle officiating. W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home was in charge. Pallbearers were: Bobbie Lee Madron, Joe Chase, David Birdsell, David Rideout, Carter Crawford, C.C. Gouldman, Edgar Blythe and Paul Councill, Jr. Mrs. Spanner, of 620 Hunterdale Road died Sunday in Southampton Memorial Hospital. A native of Nebraska, she lived here since 1956. She was the widow of Clyde Walter Spanner. She was a Methodist and member of the Order of Eastern Star. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Janice Crawford and Mrs. Virginia Branch of Franklin. *SHARPE in original corrected to SHARP. Rose Ruth (SHARP MADRON; Mrs. Clyde W.) SPANNER, NE native, d. 10 Mar 1974, Franklin, age 73, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Sect. B, Plot 11*), Franklin, 12 Mar 1974, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 14, 1974, p. 3B *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," June 25, 1964, I-5) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s156c1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s156r1ob.txt