Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Story, John B., 2000 

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JOHN BERNIE STORY 

  John Bernie Story, 72, died May 23, 2000. 

  Mr. Story was a native of Southampton County, a son of the late Allen Henry 
and Lacey Johnson [sic*] Story. 

  He was a former employee of the sheet finishing department of Union Camp and 
had retired as a mechanic after 11 years with the Virginia Department of 
Transportation.  He was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict and a member of 
Sycamore Baptist Church.  He was a member of Sycamore Baptist Church.  He was 
a member of Forks of the River Hunt Club, and a founder and a former president 
of the Hansom Hunt Club. 

  Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Edna Johnson Story; three daughters, 
Loretta Surace and her husband, Phillip, of Courtland, Connie Williams and her 
husband, Jay, Sylvia Owens and her husband, Bo, all of Franklin; five 
grandchildren, Ken Barnes, Steven Barnes, Jayson Williams, J.T. Surace and 
Megan Owens. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Wright Funeral Home, 
Franklin, with the Rev. Dr. M. Reginald Warren officiating.  Burial will be in 
Southampton Memorial Park.  The family will receive friends at the funeral 
home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today and suggests that memorials be made to Sycamore 
Baptist Church, 31120 Sycamore Church Road, Franklin, VA 23851. 


John Bernie STORY, retired VDoT mechanic, Army veteran of Korean War,  
b. 23 Sep 1928, Southampton Co., d. 23 May 2000, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Devotion 2, Plot 171*), 25 May 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), May 24, 2000, B9 

*Additional information: 

An obit appeared in "The Tidewater News" May 25, 2000. 

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

His parents & paternal grandparents are buried in 
   Mt. Horeb Methodist Church Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-14 & 15): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

His Social Security application also gives his mother as Lacey Johnson Story, 
   but she was Lacy Estelle (STORY) STORY.  Her obit "Tidewater News," 
   Mar. 11, 1965, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s360l3ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s360j5ob.txt