Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Lyle S., 1958 

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LYLE SAUNDERS SMITH 

LYLE S. SMITH 

   Lyle Saunders Smith, 54, husband of Mrs. Mary Muse Campbell Smith of 
Franklin, died in the Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Richmond, on 
Tuesday afternoon, March 25, about 2:30 o’clock, after an illness of 
several weeks.

   He was born in Holland, Nansemond County, the son of the late Woodie 
Edward and Mrs. Lillian Saunders Smith.  He was educated in the schools 
of Franklin and was graduated from Blackstone Military Academy.

   At the time of his death Mr. Smith was a police dispatcher for the 
town of Franklin and also a justice of the peace.  He formerly operated 
a dairy farm in Isle of Wight County and for several years ran the Buick 
automobile agency in Franklin.

   He was president of the Carrsville Community Center and a former president 
of the Carrsville Ruritan Club.  A leader in obtaining a community house for 
Carrsville, he was also active in Boy Scout work in that village.  He was a 
member of the Franklin Congregational Christian Church and of Holly Camp, 
Woodmen of the World.

   Surviving are his wife; a son, Woodie Edward Smith, 2nd, also of Franklin; 
a sister, Mrs. Robert S. Lockhart, Jr., of Charlotte, N.C.; and a nephew.

   Services for Mr. Smith were conducted in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland & 
Sons this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by Rev. Tucker G. Humphries, 
pastor of the Franklin Congregational Christian Church, and Rev. Edwin C. 
Thornton, pastor of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Active pallbearers were Edwin 
Beale, Ryland H. Brooks, Marks Edwards, Jesse Harrison, William G. O’Brien, 
Ralph Poole, John Edward Rose, Jr., and W.S. Robertson.


Lyle Saunders SMITH, of Franklin, police dispatcher & justice of the peace, 
b. Holland, d. 25 Mar 1958, Richmond, age 54, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 64B*), Franklin, 27 Mar 1958, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 27, 1958, Sect. I, p. 8 

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

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 21, 1938, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s530w10o.txt 

His mother's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Sep. 28, 1951) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s530l3ob.txt 


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