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

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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 H. {Jr.}*) STEPHENSON, 
b. Como, NC, d. 17 Nov 1960, at sister's home, Hunterdale Rd., age 66, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 13A*), Franklin, 
   18 Nov 1960, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 21, 1960, p. 4 

*Her husband died exactly six months before Mary. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 


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