Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Rubert D., 1978 

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RUBERT DEAN SMITH 

   HANDSOM - A funeral service was held for Rubert Dean Smith, 60, Wednesday 
at 2:30 p.m. in Wright Funeral Home by the priesthood of the Franklin Mormon 
Church.  Burial was in Southampton Memorial Park.

   Pallbearers were: Herbert Rountree, J.C. Johnson, Delbert Whitehead, Jimmy 
Presson, Ralph Flowers, David Rideout, Robert Crumpler, and Georgia Burgess.

   Smith a native of Beaufort, N.C., died Monday in Southampton Memorial 
Hospital, Franklin.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Berta Johnson Smith.

   He was a boiler operator for Union Camp Corp., and was a retired Army 
veteran of World War II.

   He was a member of Franklin Mormon Church.

   Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ester Babb of Courtland; a son, 
Ronnie Dean Smith of Capron; three sisters, Mrs. Madeline Bradshaw of 
Franklin, Mrs. Elnora Hedgepeth of Chuckatuck and Mrs. Viola Ivey of Suffolk; 
a brother, Irby Dean Smith of Austell, Ga.; and three grandchildren.


Rubert Dean SMITH, Union Camp boiler operator, retired Army veteran of WW-II, 
Beaufort, NC native, d. 20 Nov 1978, Franklin, age 60, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Christus II, Plot 72*), 22 Nov 1978, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 23, 1978 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Southampton Memorial Park list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

His parents are buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin - Annex 2, Plot 215. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," July 25, 1960, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s530i1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 5, 1968, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s530w8ob.txt 

His in-laws are buried in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Collosse, IoW Co. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} Collosse list (#44): 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His wife's maternal grandmother is buried in a JOHNSON family cemetery on 
   Trinity Church Rd., damaged by logging. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-57): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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