Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Fannie M. Hodge, 1929 

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FANNIE M. HODGE SMITH

   On the morning of July 3 Mrs. Jno. W. Smith of Branchville died at Sarah 
Leigh Hospital, Norfolk, where she had gone for treatment a few days prior to 
her sudden death. Mrs. Smith was the wife of Dr. Jno. W. Smith, a prominent 
physician of this town, community and county. Before her marriage to Dr. Smith 
her maiden name was Miss Fannie M. Hodge, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A.R. 
Hodge, a well-known and prominent family of Wake County, N.C.

   She is survived by her husband Dr. Jno. W. Smith, and two daughters, Misses 
Mildred and Frances Smith; two sisters, Mrs. Priscilla Mitchell of McCall, S.C. 
and Mrs. Herbert Jones of Wake Forest, N.C., and one brother, A.R. Hodge of 
Knightdale, N.C.

   Her married life included 32 years. She was a devoted wife and mother, 
absolutely untiring in the loving attentions that brightened the lives of her 
family and friends and filling so large a place in the hearts of her husband and 
daughters that they will indeed miss her. Mrs. Smith was attractive in person, a 
woman of refined tastes and cultured mind. She possessed a charm of manner and 
delightful sense of humor. These traits, together with marked efficiency, made 
her eminent in the social life in her town and among friends. She was a devout 
Christian and a loyal Baptist, having been a member of Hebron Baptist Church for 
several years. All through her 22 years as a resident of Branchville she was an 
active Christian character. Both in the Missionary and Ladies Aid societies she 
was a faithful and loyal worker and was the leader of these societies and of the 
Sunbeams.

   A short funeral service was conducted from her late home by Rev. R.G. 
Kendrick of Hertford, N.C., a close friend of the family, assisted by Rev. L.W. 
Kersey of Drewryville. "Abide with Me" was sung by Mrs. G.E. Tyler, Mrs. N.G. 
Harrell, Miss Ruth Boothe, Mrs. Leon O. Tyler, Mrs. J.W.H. Darden, Philip Ellis 
and W.F. Spencer. Interment was made at Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, Rev. Mr. 
Kendrick conducting the services, assisted by Rev. Frank B. Handley of Boykins, 
Rev. L.W. Kersey of Drewryville, Rev. R.D. Stephenson of Franklin and Dr. Hugh 
C. Smith of Drewryville. The many handsome floral designs and floral gifts 
expressed the esteem and love of her many friends.

   The honorary pallbearers were: Doctors J.M. Bland of Boykins, W.T. McLemore 
and E.F. Reese of Courtland, R.L. Raiford of Franklin, J.N. Applewhite of 
Capron, J.A. Grizzard of Drewryville, Lewis Rawles and J.E. Rawles of Suffolk 
and B.A. Pope of Newsoms. The body bearers were: W.B. Goodwyn, W.R. Sykes, R.D. 
Vick, Leon O. Tyler, Leon Wood, Jno. A. Harris, Aubrey Beale, S.T. Boothe, 
Wallace White, Hugh Knight, Hugh Powell and Felton Draper.

   Relatives who attended the funeral rites included Mrs. Priscilla Mitchell, 
Mr. and Mrs. N.R. Sanderson and daughters of McCall, S.C., Mr. and Mrs. A.R. 
Hodge of Knightsdale, N.C., Dr. and Mrs. H.H. Foster of Norlina, N.C., Mrs. 
Roland Jones, North, Va., Mrs. Herbert Smith and son of Rocky Mount, N.C. and 
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Hodge of Severn, N.C.  Among a large number of friends from 
a distance present were: Mrs. Geo. Spencer and Miss Vernon of South Mills, N.C., 
Rev. and Mrs. R.G. Kendrick and daughter, Miss Elizabeth Kendrick of Herford, 
N.C., Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Beasley, Colerain, N.C., Mrs. Hallie Baker, Mrs. 
Mary Green and Arthur Green of Ahoskie, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Underwood, Mrs. Herman 
Babb, Mrs. J. Anderson, Thomas Wynn, Mrs. Morgan Babb and J.D. Babb of 
Murfreesboro, N.C., Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Lifsey and Mrs. Frances Guthrie of 
Emporia. Besides these a host of friends from Severn and Margarettsville, N.C. 
and the towns and communities of Southampton County came to pay their last 
tribute of respect.


[Fannie M. (HODGE; Mrs. John W.) SMITH, of Branchville, 
 Wake Co., NC native?, d. 3 Jul 1929, Norfolk, 
 interred in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 12, 1939] 

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