Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Screws, Mattie L. Branch, 1962 

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MATTIE BRANCH SCREWS

   FRANKLIN - Mrs. Mattie Branch Screws died Friday afternoon in a Rich 
Square, N.C. nursing home.

   She was the widow of Bennett Screws and a daughter of Alexander and Mrs. 
Susan Bradshaw Branch of Franklin, a lifelong resident of Franklin, and a 
member of Franklin Baptist Church.

   She is survived by a son, James Riddick Screws of Franklin; two brothers, 
Gurney W. Branch and Robert C. Branch of Franklin; a granddaughter and four 
great-grandchildren.

   A funeral service was conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & 
Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins of Franklin Baptist Church. 
Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Elmo Eason, Carlton Cutchin, Harry Jones, Roger I. 
Beale, Jr., Jack Smith, Baird Cabell, Dr. Lemuel A. Branch and R.C. Branche, 
Jr.  Members of the Bruner Bible Class of the Franklin Baptist Church served 
as honorary pallbearers.


Mattie L. (BRANCH; Mrs. Wm. Bennett) SCREWS, 
lifelong resident of Franklin, d. 12 Oct 1962, Rich Square, NC, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 31*), Franklin, 
   14 Oct 1962, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 18, 1962, p. 6 

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

Additional information: 

William B. Screws, 24, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   s/o James and Mary E. Whitehead Screws, Farmer 
m. 02-11-1903 So.Co., Va. by Rev. C.E. Watts 
Mattie L. Branch, 27, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o Alexander W. and Susan Saludy Bradshaw Branch 
(Southampton Co. MB11:224; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb11pt.txt) 

A.W. Branch, 21, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   s/o W.W. & Sarah P. Branch, Farmer 
Susan S. Bradshaw, 21, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   d/o Mordecai & Amy Bradshaw 
m.lic. undated, left half-blank; cert. signed by A.W. Branch 
m. 8 Dec 1870, Southampton, by T.W. Joyner 
(Southampton Co. MB1A:393; M.Reg. 1853-72, p. 37 #89) 

William W. Branch & Sarah P. Lain/Laine (21 years & upwards) 
m.bond 25 Jan 1841 
sec/wit: Hartwell Bailey; Shugars Lain, L.R. Edwards 
m. 3 Feb 1841 by Thos.J. Drumwright 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. 1750-1853, pp. 506, 720) 

Mordecai Bradshaw m. ca. 1839 Amy J. Barham (not found in So.Co. m.recs.) 

Mattie's in-laws m. 02-05-1874 (So.Co. MB2:249).  Bennett's paternal aunt is 
   buried in a WHITEHEAD family cemetery (Misc.Vol. VIII-62).  File at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 
   Bennett was named for his paternal grandfather. 


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/s262m1ob.txt