Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, Edgar V. Sr., 1959 

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EDGAR VICK STEPHENSON

   IVOR - Edgar Vick Stephenson, Sr., 73, retired farmer and church lay 
leader, died Friday afternoon, Jan. 23, at his ancestral, Berlin, Southampton 
County, after a long illness.

   He was the husband of the former Miss Eleanor Daughtrey, of Franklin, and 
was the son of Richard Murrell and Mrs. Martha Vick Stephenson.

   He had been a member of Millfield Baptist Church for 60 years and was a 
deacon at the time of his death.  He was a former chairman of the church board.

   Besides his wife, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Olivia S. Lennon, of Amelia 
Court House; two sons, Edgar V. Stephenson, Jr.;  of Ivor, and the Rev. 
Richard M. Stephenson, of Falls Church; eight grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. 
Floyd Stephenson, of Ivor, and several nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted at the residence Sunday at 2:30 p.m. by the 
Rev. J.L. McTeer, pastor of Millfield Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. 
George L. Kissinger.  Burial was in the family cemetery.

   Pallbearers were H.W. Stephenson, Roy Stephenson, R.M. Pond, Otis Joyner, 
H.W. Wade, and B.F. Boothe.


Edgar Vick STEPHENSON, Sr., retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 23 Jan 1959, at home, Berlin, age 73, 
interred in the STEPHENSON family cemetery*, Appleton Rd., 25 Jan 1959, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 29, 1959, Section I, p. 3 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-28B): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

We previous had them listed in Millfield Bapt.Ch. cem (MV-I-24). 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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