Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephens, Frank R., 1957 

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FRANK RIVES STEPHENS

   Frank R. Stephens, 82, a lifelong resident of Boykins, died in Obici 
Hospital, Suffolk, at 4:55 o’clock Sunday morning, October 6, after a long 
illness. He was the widower of Mrs. Nonie L. Stephens and son of B.L. and Mrs. 
Lurainey Cox Stephens.

   A retired rural mail carrier, he was a member and deacon of Boykins Baptist 
Church.

   Surviving are a son, B. Franklin Stephens of Portsmouth; four daughters, 
Mrs. W.W. Barlow and Mrs. C.H. Holland, both of Suffolk, and Mrs. H. L. Boone 
and Mrs. J.O. Harrison, both of Norfolk,; one sister, Mrs. Mollie S. Lester of 
Portsmouth; one brother, Enoch Stephens, also of Portsmouth; five 
grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and three step-great grandchildren; and 
several nieces and nephews.

   Services for Mr. Stephens were conducted at the Boykins Baptist Church on 
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. Ben B. Ussery, and a 
former pastor, Rev. Frank B. Handley of Crewe.

   Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery. The pallbearers were J.C. Blowe, J.M. 
Britt, Reuben S. Bryant, H.O. Carlton, Lewis Knight, Roy Lassiter, H.F. McCoy, 
and Hugh Powell, Jr.  Honorary pallbearers were deacons of the Baptist Church 
and friends of the family.


[Frank Rives STEPHENS, d. 6 Oct 1957, Suffolk, age 82, 
 interred in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, 8 Oct 1957, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), obit dated 10 Oct 1957] 

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