Southampton-Mecklenburg County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stone, Maurice E., 1968 

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MORRIS* EDWARD STONE

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Morris Edward Stone was conducted Sunday 
at 3:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert D. 
Fridley, assisted by the Rev. John B. Douglas.  Burial was in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were M.B. Harris, R.F. Chester, Seth Atkinson, Marvin Land, 
Harold Overton, Roy Duke, M.E. Barrett and H.S. Rawlings Sr.

   Stone, 64, a retired agent of Atlantic and Danville Railroad, died Thursday 
morning in his home at 604 High St.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Alvis Long Stone and a son of Samuel Swanson and 
Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Callahan Stone.

   A native of Mecklenburg County, he lived here 16 years.  He was a member of 
High Street Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge 51, and Railroad Brotherhood.

   Besides his widow, surviving are three brothers, Samuel Swanson Stone Jr. 
of Meggetts, S.C., Richard E. Haskins of Roanoke, and Robert C. Haskins of 
Narrows; and a sister, Mrs. Louise H. Bunch of Eufala, Ala.


Maurice Edward "Buck" STONE, retired Atlantic & Danville R.R. agent, 
Mecklenburg Co. native, d. 18 Apr 1968, at home, Franklin, age 64, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 88*), Franklin, 
   21 Apr 1968, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 22, 1968, p. 8 

*Cemetery list gives name as Maurice, rather than Morris. 
 Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 


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