Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, Mary J. Edwards, 1960 

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Rites Held For Mrs. Stephenson Today In Franklin 

  FRANKLIN - Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Edwards Stephenson were conducted 
today at 2:30 p.m. at the W.J.M. Holland Funeral Home by the Rev. Gilliam 
Bentley, pastor of High Street Methodist Church.  Burial was in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery. 

  Mrs. Stephenson, 66, widow of Roscoe Stephenson, died early Thursday morning 
at the home of her sister, Mrs. R.V. Carpenter, on Hunterdale Road after an 
illness of many months. 

  She was a daughter of Newitt and Mrs. Talitha Whitley Edwards of Southampton 
County and was a member of High Street Methodist Church. 

  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Gordon Cobb of Courtland and Mrs. Vincent 
Lankford Jr., of Franklin.  Three sisters, Mrs. J.V. Milteer, Mrs. Annie 
Blythe Parker and Mrs. R.V. Carpenter of Franklin; one brother, Emmett Edwards 
of Washington; and one grandchild. 

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MARY JANE EDWARDS STEPHENSON 

   Mrs. Mary Edwards Stephenson, 66, widow of Roscoe Stephenson, died 
early Thursday morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. R.V. Carpenter, 
on Hunterdale Road after an illness of many months. 

   She was a daughter of Newitt and Mrs. Talitha Whitley Edwards of 
Southampton County and was a member of High Street Methodist Church. 

   Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Gordon Cobb of Courtland and Mrs. 
Vincent Lankford, Jr., of Franklin; three sisters, Mrs. J.V. Milteer, 
Mrs. Annie Blythe Parker and Mrs. R.V. Carpenter of Franklin; one 
brother, Emmett Edwards of Washington; and one grandchild. 

   A funeral service was held at Holland Funeral Chapel Friday at 2:30 
p.m. by the Rev. Gilliam Bentley, pastor of High Street Methodist Church. 
Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. 

   Pallbearers were Earving Blythe, C.C. Blythe, Jr., Stanley Edwards, 
Emmett Holt, Claude Cook and T.P. Eason. 


Mary Jane (EDWARDS; Mrs. Roscoe Henry Jr.) STEPHENSON, 
b. 9 Mar 1894, Como, Hertford Co., NC, d. 17 Nov 1960, at sister's home, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 13A*), Franklin, 
   18 Nov 1960, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 274, Fri., Nov. 18, 1960, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 56, No. 7, Mon., Nov. 21, 1960, p. 4 

*Additional information: 

Her parents are buried in Section 2, Plot 21A. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Carl Heckel - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #43447952. 

She is buried with Roscoe, who died exactly six months before Mary, 
   although they div. in 1935. 

D.Cert. 30273 (Franklin #75) 


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