Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Simpson, Claire Gilliam, 1962 

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CLAIRE GILLIAM SIMPSON

   FRANKLIN - Mrs. Claire Gilliam Simpson, 72, retired public school teacher, 
died Thursday morning in Raiford Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.

   "Miss Claire," as she was affectionately called by the school children, had 
taught school in Franklin 30 years..

   She was the widow of William Burleigh Simpson and a daughter of John E. and 
Mrs. Nettie Harris Gilliam of Franklin.

   She was a member of Franklin High Street Methodist Church.

   Surviving are a brother, Edward F. Gilliam of Franklin, and a niece, Mrs. 
Harold Schiro of Cincinnati, Ohio.

   A funeral service was held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery 
by her pastor, the Rev. Gilliam C. Bentley of High Street Methodist Church.

   Pallbearers were G. Carl Steinhardt, W.M. Weede, Hubert S. Rawlings, George 
R. Brown, W.T. Pace, Jr., Joe B. Gay, III, Jesse A. Weede, Jr., and R. 
Ellsworth Jones.


Claire Everett (GILLIAM; Mrs. William B.) SIMPSON, 
retired public school teacher, 
Franklin native, d. 13 Dec 1962, Franklin, age 72, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 153*), Franklin, 
   15 Dec 1962, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 17, 1962, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 4, 1921, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s512b1ob.txt 

Her parents are buried across the street - Section 2, Plot 90A. 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 4, 1921, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g450j1ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," July 19, 1956), with Claire's parents' 
   and maternal grandparents' marriage records appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g450a1ob.txt 


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file at: 
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