Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, Nora E. Griffith, 1927 

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NORA ELIZABETH GRIFFITH STEPHENSON

   Mrs. Nora Griffith Stephenson, wife of J. Harvey Stephenson of Sunbeam, 
died suddenly at her home, August 17, 1927.

   Mrs. Stephenson was about 47 years of age and was reared near Murfreesboro, 
N.C., living in North Carolina a number of years after her marriage, moving to 
the Sunbeam community about fourteen years ago. She is survived by her husband 
and five children, Julian H., Josephine D., Harry S., Robert W., and Gilbert F. 
Stephenson; by her father, J.T. Griffith of Murfreesboro, and the following 
brothers and sisters; P.B., S.L. and E.T. Griffith, Mrs. E.T. Stephenson, 
Mrs. W.C. Pettyjohn, Mrs. C.C. Pierce and one adopted brother, Lee Griffith, 
besides other relatives.

   Funeral services were conducted from the home on Thursday afternoon by Rev. 
L.C. Moore of the Methodist Church, in the absence of her Pastor, Dr. G.H. 
Oliver. Interment was made in a burial lot selected by her loved near their 
home. The body bearers were: J.T. Bryant, B.A. Porter, J.H. Hedgepeth, L.L. 
Bryant, W.E. Moore, W.T. Bowles, S.S. Bishop and K.R. Bishop.

   Misses Etta Mae Bowles, Josie Drake, Elizabeth Hedgepeth, Elsie Mae Bryant, 
Thelma Barrett, Mattie Barnes Maddrey, Clara Carter, Virginia Fiers, Bessie 
Porter and Lucy Bishop served as flower girls, carrying the flowers from the 
house to the burial plot, the floral offerings being numerous and beautiful.

   Mrs. Stephenson was a consistent member of Sunbeam Baptist Church, the 
members of which join with the family in grief over their mutual loss. She was 
capable and efficient, well-fitted for service which she gladly rendered 
whenever called upon, and will be sorely missed not only in her church, but in 
the whole community as well, for she was a kind helpful neighbor, ministering 
to the sick and suffering whenever opportunity offered. She was such a tender, 
loving mother to her devoted children and a helpmeet indeed to her broken-
hearted husband. Their union was truly "two minds with but a single thought, 
two hearts that beat as one." For they lived and worked together for one 
another and their children, looking each to the other for counsel in the 
conduct of their of their household. Thus hand in hand they walked down life’s 
pathway together, a devoted happy couple until the Grim Reaper appeared but 
she was not afraid but ready, and with no time for a farewell, nor even a 
backward glance to her loved ones, placed her hands in His and journeyed to 
"The Home of the Soul." - 

"There she awaits the coming of her loved ones/ 
 In that beautiful land,/ 
 The far away home of the soul,/ 
 Where no storms ever strand,/ 
 While the years of Eternity roll."

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IN MEMORIAM 

   ŻŻŻŻŻŻ 
  In loving memory of my dear mother, Nora Stephenson, who passed away 25 
years ago, August 17, 1927. 

Her life is a beautiful memory, 
 Her absence a silent grief; 
She sleeps in God's beautiful garden, 
 In the sunshine of perfect peace. 

  Her daughter, Mrs. Dewey Howell. 

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News of Twenty-five Years Ago 

August 26, 1927 

   Mrs. Nora Griffith Stephenson, 47, wife of J. Harvey Stephenson of Sunbeam, 
had died suddenly at the residence on Wednesday, August 17.  She was survived 
by her husband and five children.


Nora Elizabeth (GRIFFITH; Mrs. J. Harvey) STEPHENSON, 
reared near Murfreesboro, NC, d. 17 Aug 1927, at home, Sunbeam, age 47, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 28*), Franklin, 
  Aug 1927, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 26, 1927, p. 1; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 15, 1952, p. 12; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 29, 1952, p. 27 

*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 

Her husband's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Dec. 7, 1951) is posted at:  
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s315j1ob.txt 


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