Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, Joseph H., 1962 

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JOSEPH HENRY STEPHENSON

   CAPRON - Joseph Henry Stephenson, 65, died Thursday at 9:45 a.m. in a 
Richmond hospital after a long illness.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Abbie Pope Stephenson and a son of Henry and 
Mrs. Betty Jones Stephenson.

   A lifelong resident of Southampton County, he was a retired farmer.  He 
was an Army veteran of World War I.

   Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Lucille S. Brinkley of 
Capron, and two grandchildren.

   A funeral service was held in H.M. Purviance & Son Funeral Home, Boykins, 
Saturday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. H.G. Walker of Clarksbury Methodist Church and 
the Rev. J.S. Peebles of Capron Methodist Church.  Burial will be in Capron 
Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Roland Baker, V.S. Pittman, Sr., Stuart Starke, Richard 
Banty, Woody Marks, Vernie Francis, Moncure Francis and Dr. J.J. Grizzard.


Joseph Henry STEPHENSON, retired farmer, Army veteran of WW-I, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., d. 18 Jan 1962, Richmond, age 65, 
interred in Capron Cemetery*, 20 Jan 1962, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 22, 1962, p. 6 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-39): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 


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