Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Skinner, Mary A. Faircloth, 1963 

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MARY FAIRCLOTH SKINNER

   Mrs. Mary Faircloth Skinner, 76, died Saturday night in her home.

   She was the widow of Thomas Henry Skinner and a daughter of Allen J. and 
Mrs. Lavina Carr Faircloth.

   A native of Southampton* County, she lived in Franklin 58 years and was a 
member of Franklin Baptist Church and its Woman’s Missionary Society and 
King’s Servant Bible Class.

   Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Virginia S. Wade of Franklin and Mrs. W. 
Richard Barnes of Suffolk; two sisters, Mrs. L.T. Saunders of Ivor and Mrs. J. 
Howard Holleman of Surry; five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

   A funeral service was conducted Monday at 2:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and 
Sons Funeral Home, Franklin by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins of Franklin Baptist 
Church and the Rev. L.T. Saunders, Jr. of Warrenton.  Burial was in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were A. Walter Saunders, Joseph H. Holleman, Jr., David T. 
Skinner, Richard Barnes, Jr., Charles West, Jr., John T. Faircloth, Jr., 
Allen J. Faircloth and Herman Faircloth.


Mary A. (FAIRCLOTH; Mrs. Thomas H.) SKINNER, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 16 Feb 1963, at home, Franklin, age 76, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 24A**), Franklin, 
   26 Feb 1963, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 21, 1963, Section I, p. 6 

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

Most of her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 2, 1920, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f624l1ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 23, 1938), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f624l1ob.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Oct. 17, 1950, p. 22), 
   with records of both of his marriages appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m460e2ob.txt 

*Her marriage record gives b. in Isle of Wight Co. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s256m1ob.txt