Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Story, Walter F., 1941 

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WALTER FRANKLIN STORY

   Walter Franklin Story, 52, a native of Franklin and for many years a 
prominent citizen of Suffolk, died Monday at about 6 p.m. following a sudden 
heart attack in his office.  Mr. Story was the son of the late James Marion 
and Pattie Beaman Story of Franklin and was prominently connected throughout 
this section.  He attended Franklin Military Academy and Randolph-Macon 
College, Ashland.

   President of the National Screen Factory at Suffolk, he was a highly 
successful business man and was a member of the Suffolk Selective Service 
Board.  Mr. Story was a member of the Board of Stewards of Main Street 
Methodist Church and was superintendent of its Sunday school, being also a 
district steward in Portsmouth-Newport News Methodist Conference.  He held 
membership in Suffolk Lodge No. 30, A.F.& A.M., was a former member of the 
Board of Directors of the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce and was chairman of 
the camping committee of the executive board of the Old Dominion Area Council, 
Boy Scouts of America.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Inez Knight Story and a son, Walter Franklin 
Story, Jr., a student at the University of Richmond; two brothers, Dr. Beaman 
Story of Franklin and James Marion Story; a sister, Mrs. Herman Cobb of 
Franklin, and the following nieces and nephews; 1st Lieut. William E. Snipes, 
Jr. Camp Jackson, S.C.; Mrs. David Bell of Capron; B. Anthony Cobb, Elliott 
Story, and Miss Dorothy Story of Franklin.

   Services were conducted at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at Main Street 
Methodist Church by his pastor, Dr. A.L. Franklin.  The casket was covered 
with calla lilies, delphinium and roses and there were numbers of beautiful 
floral designs sent by various organizations with which the deceased had been 
affiliated.  The songs "In the Garden" and "In the Hour of Trial" were used.

   Pallbearers were John C. Parker Jr., and Franklin Edwards of Franklin; 
Albert G. Beaman and Dr. Curtis Hudgins, jr. of Norfolk; Thurman Williams, 
G. Gibson Howell, W. Irving Knight, Jr., B. Anthony Cobb, Lieut. William E. 
Snipes and Elliott Story.

   Interment was made in Poplar Spring Cemetery here, where Dr. Franklin 
conducted the committal service.


Walter Franklin STORY (Sr.), president of the National Screen Factory, Suffolk, 
Franklin native, d. 19 May 1941, Suffolk, age 52, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 47*), 
   Franklin, 21 May 1941, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 23, 1941, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 


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