Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephens, Nonie L. Gray, 1940 

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NONIE LOU GRAY STEPHENS

   Mrs. Nonie L. Stephens, age 63, died at her home in Boykins Saturday, 
November 16th, after a lingering illness.

   She is survived by her husband, F.R. Stephens; four daughters, Mrs. G.H. 
Holland of Suffolk, Mrs. H.L. Boone of Norfolk, Mrs. W.W. Barlow of Smithfield 
and Mrs. Helena Knight of Boykins, and one son, B. Franklin Stephens of 
Portsmouth; three sisters, Mrs. E.E. Moore, Mrs. Virgie Worthan both of 
Richmond, and Mrs. W.J. Worrell of Lawrenceville; two brothers, W.P. Gray and 
O.W. Gray, both of Boykins; five grandchildren and a number of nieces and 
nephews and a host of friends.

   Mrs. Stephens was a member of the Boykins Methodist Church and of the Home 
Department of the Epworth Bible Class.  She was a devoted and sacrificing wife 
and mother and a true friend and neighbor.  Although she was an invalid for six 
months she never burdened others with her ills.  She bore them with patience 
and Christian fortitude and displayed a bright and cheerful disposition to the 
end.

   Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock in the 
afternoon from her home with her pastor, Rev. E.B. Loving, officiating.  He was 
assisted by Rev. Frank B. Handley, pastor of the Baptist Church.  The choirs of 
the two churches sang "Safe In the Arms of Jesus." "Sometimes We’ll Understand" 
and Mrs. H.M. Purviance sang "There Is No Night There."  There was a large 
attendance and many beautiful floral offerings.  The casket was covered with a 
pall of lilies and pink rosebuds.  The active pallbearers were: J.M. Britt, 
W.F. McKinstry, Dr. J.M. Bland, A.L. Knight, A.S. Francis, W. Hugh Powell, J.C. 
Blowe and B.F. Britt.  The honorary pallbearers were members of the Epworth 
Bible Class of the M.E. Church.  Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins.


[Nonie Lou (GRAY; Mrs. Frank R.) STEPHENS, 
 d. 16 Nov 1940, at home, Boykins, age 63, 
 interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Sect. D, Plot 18), Boykins, 
    18 Nov 1940, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 22, 1940] 

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