Southampton-Isle of Wight-Princess Anne County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stakes, Mary J. Murden, 1933 

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MARY JANE MURDEN STAKES

   Mrs. Mary Jane Stakes, 88, a well-known resident of Franklin and the 
Camptown community, died on Tuesday morning, January 11, at the home of her 
daughter, Mrs. Reuben L. Gray, after an illness of several months.

   Mrs. Stakes was the daughter of the widow of Charles Stakes.  She was a 
member of the Franklin Baptist Church, in which she had served faithfully for 
many years.

   The deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Reuben L. Gray of Franklin 
and Mrs. M.E. Gray of Norfolk; 16 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; one 
great-great-grandchild; and several nephews and nieces.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Stakes were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Thursday 
afternoon at the Franklin Baptist Church by Rev. R.D. Stephenson, a former 
pastor, followed by interment in the cemetery at Courtland.  The pallbearers 
were grandsons of the deceased.


Mary Jane (MURDEN; Mrs. Charles H.) STAKES, of Franklin & Camptown, 
Princess Anne Co. native, d. 11 Jan 1949, at daughter's home, Franklin, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 22*), Courtland, 
   13 Jan 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 14, 1949, p. 13 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 4, 1933, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s322c1ob.txt 


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