Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, Grover T., 1958 

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GROVER THOMAS STEPHENSON 

   Grover T. Stephenson, age 73 years, died at his home in Philadelphia 
early Wednesday morning.  He was the husband of Miriam Gary Stephenson 
and the son of the late Richard and Carolyn Crocker Stephenson of North 
Carolina.  Mr. Stephenson, a former resident of Franklin and an employee 
of Camp Manufacturing Company, moved to Philadelphia a few years ago. 
He was a former member of the High Street Methodist Church in Franklin 
and at the time of his death was a member of the United Presbyterian 
Church in Philadelphia.

   Surviving him besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. A.E. Moore of 
Indiana, Pa., and Mrs. R.J. Tucker, Jr., of Lynchburg, one son, Grover T. 
Stephenson, Jr., of Springfield, Ohio and six grandchildren.

   The body will arrive in Franklin on Friday and will be taken to the 
W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home and on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. funeral 
services will be conducted at the graveside in Poplar Spring Cemetery by 
the Rev. James B. Douglas, pastor of the High Street Methodist Church.

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GROVER T. STEPHENSON

   Funeral services for Grover T. Stephenson, former resident of Franklin, 
were conducted Saturday, September 27, at 2 p.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery, 
by the Rev. James B. Douglas, pastor of High Street Methodist Church.

   Active pallbearers were Gary Johnson, R.J. Tucker, Jr., Julian S. Gary, 
Walker T. Gary, Alfred E. Moore and Hartwell Gary, Sr.


Grover Thomas STEPHENSON [Sr.], formerly of Franklin, Camp Mnfg. employee, 
Northampton Co., NC native, d. 24 Sep 1958, at home, Philadelphia, age 73, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Sect. 1, Plot 49*), Franklin, 
   27 Sep 1958, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 25, 1958, Sect. I, p. 8; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 9, 1958, Sect. I, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," May 26, 1980, p. 12) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s315m1ob.txt 

Birthplace from WW-II draft registration card.  (Ancestry.com) 


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