Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, Harley W., 1971 

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HARLEY WAYLAND STEPHENSON

   A funeral service for Harley Wayland Stephenson, 64, 408 N. High St., was 
held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were James B. Favinholt, Robert Rawls, John Paul Jones, Thomas 
Pulley, Dr. Urquhart Stephenson, E.V. Stephenson, Rupert Tart and William Tall 
Jones Jr.

   Stephenson died Monday at 4 p.m. in a Richmond hospital.  A native of 
Southampton County, he lived at Seven Pines Farm in Ivor.

    He was a former president of Ivor Lumber Co., member of Franklin Baptist 
Church, Burner Bible Class and a former member of the Lions Club.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Lelia J. Stephenson and a son of Floyd Holden 
and Mrs. Maggie S. Stephenson.

   Besides his wife he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Dianne Stephenson 
Hellberg, Virginia Beach; a son, H. Wayland Stephenson Jr., Richmond; five 
sisters, Mrs. William Powers, Moyock, N.C., Mrs. Earle Woodall, Baltimore, 
Md.; Mrs. John B. White, Bayview; Mrs. Ralph E. Burgess, Potomac, Md.; Mrs. 
Lemuel H. Cannon, Charlotte, N.C.; and a brother, Holden Stephenson, Bedford 
and two grandsons.


Harley Wayland STEPHENSON (Sr.), of Franklin, 
former president of Ivor Lumber Co., 
Southampton Co. native, d. 7 Jun 1971, Richmond, age 64, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 29B**), Franklin, 
   9 Jun 1971, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 17, 1971, p. 6 

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

Additional information: 

His parents' marriage record: 

Floyd Holden Stephenson, 27, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   s/o Len W. and Elizabeth L. Stephenson, Farmer
m. 01-19-1902 Bride’s residence by Rev. G.C. Smith
Maggie Olivia Stephenson, 22, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o Richard Murrell and Martha Olivia Vick Stephenson
(MB10:591; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb10pt.txt) 

His parents are buried in Millfield Baptist Church Cemetery (I-24): 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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