Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Luther G., 1957 

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LUTHER GODWIN SMITH

   Luther Godwin Smith, 78,  died Monday, June 17, at 1:30 p.m. at his home 
near Branchville after a long illness.

   A lifelong resident of Southampton County and a farmer in the community, Mr. 
Smith was the husband of Mrs. Libby Davis Smith, and a son of the late 
Augustus and Mary Rose Smith. He was a member of the Branchville Baptist Church 
and of the Newsoms Lodge 128, A.F. & A.M.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Joyce Moriconi of 
Richmond and Mrs. Marguerite Cutchins of Boykins; a son, Godwin D. Smith of 
Ahoskie, N.C.; two sisters, Mrs. Callie Tyler and Mrs. Mary Webb, Both of 
Branchville; two half-brothers, Hersey Bolton of Boykins and Roscoe Bolton of 
Rich Square, N.C.; five grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Branchville 
Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. Thomas Caulkins, assisted by Rev. William 
Ferguson, pastor of the Branchville Methodist Church. Burial was in Beechwood 
Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were H.T. Smith, Dr. J.J. Grizzard, Thomas Grizzard, 
Arthur Bryant, Collis Overby, Joseph W. Pope, David Sykes, Ernest Cutchins. 
Friends of the family served as honorary pallbearers

   Masonic rites were conducted at the graveside by the Newsom Lodge, A.F. & 
F.M.


[Luther Godwin SMITH, d. 17 Jun 1957, age 78, 
 interred in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, 19 Jun 1957, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), obit dated 20 Jun 1957] 

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