Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, Virginia A., 1943 

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VIRGINIA ADELINE STEPHENSON

   Miss Virginia Adeline Stephenson, a well-known and highly-esteemed woman of 
the Unity community, died last Friday at the home of her twin brother, C.T. 
Stephenson, with whom she had made her home for many years, after suffering 
ill health for more than a year, "Miss Lina," as she was known to a host of 
friends, was the daughter of the late Alfred and Mrs. Unity Delk Stephenson 
of this county.  Born in a family long prominent and useful in the home 
community, she was a woman of many rare graces of Christian character, the 
Stephenson home being a center of generous hospitality.  Faithful to her 
church so long as her health permitted, a kind, generous neighbor, useful and 
faithful in every relation of life, she had long been an inspiriting to a wide 
circle of relatives and friends, truly a fine and exemplary woman who will be 
greatly missed by everyone who had the privilege of knowing her.

   Besides her brother, Mr. Stephenson, she is survived by a number of nieces 
and nephews, among whom are Lieut. Alfred Stephenson, U.S.A., and Cadmus 
Stephenson.  She was a loyal member of Burdette Baptist Church from which 
funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock, conducted by a 
former pastor, Rev. J.T. Garland Moore of Cradock, and the Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson of Franklin.  A quartette from the church sang "Rock of Ages," and 
Joel Cook Holland sang a solo, "Sunrise."  The casket was covered with a pall 
of white and pink carnations, purple Iris and fern.  There were many floral 
tributes and a large attendance of friends.  The active pallbearers were: W.A. 
Talley, Burwell Boothe, Edgar V. Stephenson, Percy C. Bradshaw, Hoen Edwards, 
Thomas Rowe, James Tatum and Jacob Pond.  Burial was made in the family 
cemetery at the old Stephenson homestead near Unity.


Virginia Adeline "Miss Lina" STEPHENSON, 
d. 7 May 1943, at twin brother's home, Unity, 
interred in the Alfred Turner STEPHENSON family cemetery*, near Unity, 
   9 May 1943, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 14, 1943 

*located on Unity Rd. (Rt. 603) & Tucker Swamp Rd. (Rt. 635), near Unity; 
   Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (V-6): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt 

Her brother's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 24, 1947, p. 7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s315c2ob.txt 


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