Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, Earl J., 1965 

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EARL JENNINGS STEPHENSON

   BRANCHVILLE - Earl J. Stephenson, 54, died Monday in his home after a heart 
attack.

   A native of Smithfield, N.C., he was a son of Mrs. Kitty Johnson Stephenson 
and the late Israel O. Stephenson.  He was the husband of Mrs. Maxine 
Stephenson of Branchville.

   He was a member of Branchville Baptist Church.  A World War II veteran, he 
was a retired Navy chief commissary steward.

   Surviving, besides his widow, are five daughters, Mrs. Harvey P. Byrd of 
Aulander, N.C., Mrs. Gary P. Baker, and Miss Kitty Stephenson of Washington, 
and Nancy and Donna Stephenson of Branchville; a son, Jennings Stephenson of 
Branchville; four brothers, Wade Stephenson and Jimmy Stephenson of 
Smithfield, N.C., Horace Stephenson of Virginia Beach and Carl Stephenson of 
Jacksonville, N.C.; four sisters, Mrs. Ray Cobb, Mrs. S.D. Allen, and Mrs. 
Woodrow Little of Smithfield and Mrs. Denzel Adams of Chesapeake; and five 
grandchildren.

   A funeral service was held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Branchville Baptist 
Church by the Rev. Russell Wimmer.  Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins.

   Pallbearers were Linton Grizzard, Clay Beasley, T.Q. Bolton, Lewis Jordan, 
Elton Casper, Newman Milteer, T.C. Bunn, Jr. and C.D. Cobb.


[Earl Jennings STEPHENSON, 
 WW-II & Korean War veteran and retired Navy chief commissary steward, 
 Smithfield, NC native, d. 11 Oct 1965, at home, age 54, 
 interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Section D, Plot 270), Boykins, 
    13 Oct 1965, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 14, 1965, p. 2] 

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