Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, Emma C. Curry, 1942 

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EMMA CLARA CURRY STEPHENSON

   Mrs. Emma Stephenson died at her home in Clay Street Tuesday night after an 
illness of several months.  The widow of the late Dr. R.H. Stephenson, well-
known Franklin citizen who has been dead for many years, Mrs. Stephenson was 
69 years of age, a daughter of the late David and Mrs. Sophia Allen Curry of 
Eastern North Carolina and herself a native of Suffolk.  She had made her home 
in Franklin for 50 years where she was known and esteemed as a woman of many 
sterling traits of character.  She was a faithful and consistent member of the 
Franklin Christian Church, she and her sister, Mrs. Alice Norris having made 
their home together here for a long period of years.

   Surviving her are one son, Roscoe H. Stephenson; two grandchildren, Mrs. 
Gordon Cobb and Mrs. V.C. Lankford, Jr.; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Norris of 
this town and Mrs. J.T. Nelms of Norfolk; a brother, Claude Curry of Suffolk, 
and a wide circle of friends.

   Rites for Mrs. Stephenson were held at her late residence Thursday 
afternoon at 4 o’clock, largely attended and conducted by the Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson of the Baptist Church in the absence of Mrs. Stephenson’s pastor, 
Dr. Elwood W. Jones.  Burial was made in the family plot in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery.  Active pallbearers were: Junius W. Pulley of Courtland, Thomas M. 
Pulley of Ivor, Dr. Morgan B. Raiford, G.E. Pillow, T.A. Gillette, Adler 
Rawls, J.E. Wright and Glenn Lanier.  Honorary bearers were: George N. Lea, 
Henry Duck, W.R. Atkinson, Dr. Burton J. Ray, Claude J. Edwards, L.R. Jones, 
Tup Jones, J.D. Fowler, Joe Bynum Gay, Dr. R.H. Cobb and Paul Scarborough.


Emma Clara (CURRY; Mrs. Roscoe H. {Sr.}) STEPHENSON, 
Suffolk native, d. 16 Jun 1942, at home, Franklin, age 69, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 13A*), Franklin, 
   18 Jun 1942, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 19, 1942, p. 8 

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


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