Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Emma Powell, 1923 

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EMMA POWELL SMITH

   Mrs. Emma Smith, the widow of Henry Smith, died at her home in the Hebron 
community July 15, at 6:30 a.m., at the age of seventy-five. Prior to the 
illness that claimed her as a victim about three weeks ago, she had been 
remarkably active and enjoyed good health. She was suddenly stricken with 
pleurisy, which with heart failure, resulted in her death. She was one of the 
oldest citizens of this community and for many years a consistent and loyal 
member of the Hebron church. Toward her fellowman she was ever kind and gentle, 
wearing a smile always and manifesting in her everyday life her unfailing trust 
in God to whose will she was ever submissive and faithful. During her entire 
illness there was never a complaint or utterance of impatience or distrust, but 
she bore in meekness and humility the burden of the Cross that led her to the 
happy home of rest beyond the skies. Amid many beautiful floral offerings and a 
large crowd of friends and loved ones her body was laid to rest in the family 
plot of the Hebron cemetery, Rev. S.G Callison of Drewryville conducting the 
service. Miss Mildred Smith, daughter of Dr. J. W. Smith, who so carefully 
attended her throughout her illness, sang very sweetly and touchingly, 
"Sometime, Somewhere, We’ll Understand".

   The active pallbearers were W. Hugh Powell, George Powell, Grover Powell, 
Franklin Powell, Herman Powell, Hunter Powell, Hinton Smith and Willie Smith. 
She is survived by five children, Mrs. R.E. Ford of Kingsford, Va., Reuben and 
Walter Smith, Mrs. Ed Jones and Mrs. Henry Smith of the Hebron community and 
John Powell of Petersburg and a large number of other relatives.


[Emma (POWELL; Mrs. Henry) SMITH, d. 15 Jul 1923, age 75, 
 interred in Hebron Church Cemetery, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 20, 1923, p. 2] 

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