Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Scott, Robert L., 1947 

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ROBERT LEE SCOTT

RETIRED MAIL CARRIER DIES OF HEART ATTACK

   Robert Lee Scott, 70, well-known resident of the Franklin community, died 
suddenly on Sunday, July 27, of a heart attack.

   Mr. Scott was a son of the late Tarlton Woodson and Sarah Councill Scott of 
Southampton County.  He was for thirty years rural letter carrier and had 
retired from the service six years ago.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucille Bradshaw Scott; two daughters, 
Mrs. Floyd Beale and Mrs. Rudolph Rogers of Franklin; a brother, J. Hersey 
Scott of Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. C.H. Hayes of Franklin and Mrs. J.P. 
Bradshaw of Takoma Park, Maryland; four grandchildren; and a number of nieces 
and nephews.

   Funeral rites were conducted from the home at four o’clock Tuesday 
afternoon, July 29, by the Rev. James R. Stein.  Interment was made in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery at Franklin.  The active pallbearers were T. Hayes Holland, 
Hudson Lankford, Story Cutchin, Otto Harcum, Exum White, Robert J. Councill, 
Reggie Lankford, and Wesley Beale.


Robert Lee SCOTT, of Franklin, retired rural mail carrier, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 27 Jul 1947, age 70, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 49*), Franklin, 
   29 Jul 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 8, 1947, p. 1 

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

Additional information: 

Robert Lee Scott, 26, s, So.Co., 
   s/o Tarlton Woodson Jr. and Sarah E. Councill Scott, Farmer 
m. 05-19-1903 So.Co., Va. by Rev. C.H. Rowland 
Lucille Bradshaw, 23, s, So.Co., 
   d/o Robert Barkley and Nannie-Nancy R. Johnson Bradshaw 
(Southampton Co. MB11:317; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb11pt.txt) 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 17, 1919, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s300w1ob.txt 

His mother's death certificate (1912 #12296), with her marriage record 
   appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/s300s1dc.txt 

His brother Rufus Butler SCOTT was also a rural mail carrier.  Butler's obit 
   ("Tidewater News," Nov. 25, 1932, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s300b1ob.txt 
Robert Lee "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 8, 1947, p. 1 


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/s300r1ob.txt