Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, James H., 1951 

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JAMES HARVEY STEPHENSON

WELL KNOWN FARMER DIES UNEXPECTEDLY

   Funeral services for James Harvey Stephenson, 75, well known retired 
farmer, who died unexpectedly at his home near Franklin on Monday, December 3, 
after an illness of three weeks, were held at the grave in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.  Officiating were Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson, former pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church and Rev. R.B. Moore, 
pastor of the Newsoms Methodist Church.

   The active pallbearers were Thomas Bowles, Sterling Bryant, Warren 
Councill, J. Letcher Eley, Harry Fowler, H.W. Porter, Frank Stephenson, John 
Stephenson, J. Edgar Weede and John R. Worrell.

   Mr. Stephenson was the son of the late Littleton B. and Mrs. Caroline 
Maddrey Stephenson of Northampton county, N.C.  He was a member of the Meherin 
Baptist Church near Murfreesboro, N.C.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Glennie Kitchen Stephenson of Franklin; a 
daughter, Mrs. Dewey Howell, also of Franklin; four sons, Julian H. Stephenson 
of Handsom, Harry S. Stephenson of El Monte, Calif, and Robert A. Stephenson 
and Gilbert R. Stephenson of Franklin; 13 grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. 
J.L. Quiminer and Mrs. Henrietta Bell, both of Norfolk.

   Mr. Stephenson was the first person to be buried in the new addition to the 
cemetery.


James Harvey STEPHENSON, retired farmer, 
Northampton Co., NC native?, d. 3 Dec 1951, at home, near Franklin, age 75, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 28*), Franklin, 
   5 Dec 1951, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Dec. 7, 1951 

*Sons Julian & Robert are buried in adjacent Plot 27. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

He is buried with his first wife.  Her obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 26, 1927, 
   p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s315n1ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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