Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Thelma Griffin, 1970 

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MRS. THELMA G. SMITH 

  CAPRON - Mrs. Thelma Griffin Smith, 56, died Wednesday [sic; Monday] in her 
home after a brief illness. 

  A native of Southampton County, she was the wife of Vernie Smith and a 
daughter of the late Norfleet E. and Mrs. Fannie Pope Griffin. 

  She was a member of Boykins Methodist Church. 

  Besides her husband, surviving are three foster sons, Paul P. Outland of 
Portsmouth, and Rene Outland and John E. Outland of Capron; two sisters, Miss 
Carrie Lee Griffin of Richmond and Mrs. Cleo G. Edwards of Boykins; and a 
brother, Frank R. Griffin of Boykins. 

  A funeral service will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Boykins Methodist 
Church by the Rev. Daniel Ivey.  Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery, 
Boykins, with McDowell Funeral Home in charge. 

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THELMA GRIFFIN SMITH

   Capron - A funeral service for Mrs. Thelma Griffin Smith was conducted at 
2:30 p.m. Friday in Boykins United Methodist Church by the Rev. Daniel K. Ivey.  
Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, with McDowell Funeral Home in charge.

   Pallbearers were W.A. Cook, George Prince, W.T. Bryant, Leroy Griffin, Wilmer 
Lee and J.C. Long, Jr.

   Mrs. Smith, 56, died Wednesday in her home after a brief illness.

   A native of Southampton county, she was the wife of Vernie Smith and daughter 
of the late Norfleet E. and Mrs. Fannie Pope Griffin.

   Besides her husband, surviving are three foster sons, Paul P. Outland of 
Portsmouth and Rene Outland and John E. Outland of Capron; two sisters, Miss 
Carrie Lee Griffin Richmond and Mrs. Cleo G. Edwards of Boykins; and brother, 
Frank R. Griffin Boykins.


Thelma Mary Sue (GRIFFIN; Mrs. John Vernie) SMITH, 
b. 7 Mar 1897, Southampton Co., d. 21 Jan 1970, at home, Capron, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 136*), Boykins, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 48, No. 19, Thurs., Jan. 22, 1970, p. 14; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mon., Jan. 26, 1970 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Betty Smith - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #67857899. 

Her parents are buried in Annex 2, Plot 47. 

D.Cert. 70-003536 


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