Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Virginia B. Hedgepeth, 1966 

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MRS. VIRGINIA H. SMITH 

  FRANKLIN - Mrs. Virginia Hedgepeth Smith, 85, died Sunday morning in a 
Richmond hospital. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, she lived here most of her life.  She was 
the wife of Eugene C. Smith and a daughter of John and Mrs. Charlotte Holland 
Hedgepeth. 

  She was a member of High Street Methodist Church. 

  Surviving, in addition to her husband, are three daughters, Mrs. George W. 
Goodwin Jr. of Franklin, Mrs. E.S. Sheppe Jr. of Richmond and Mrs. E.M. Babb 
of Ivor; four sons, W.H. Smith of Arlington, E.C. Smith Jr. and Gordon L. 
Smith of Richmond and Bernard W. Smith of Sedley; 19 grandchildren; and 30 
great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held at 2 p m. Tuesday in Rosemont Cemetery, 
Sedley, by the Rev. Robert D. Fridley of High Street Methodist Church. 

  The body will be taken to the cemetery from W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral 
Home, Franklin. 

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VIRGINIA BELLE HEDGEPETH SMITH

   FRANKLIN - Mrs. Virginia Hedgepeth Smith, 85, died Sunday morning in a 
Richmond hospital.

   A native of Isle of Wight County, she lived here most of her life.  She was 
the wife of Eugene C. Smith and a daughter of John and Mrs. Charlotte Holland 
Hedgepeth.

   She was a member of High Street Methodist Church.

   Besides her husband, surviving are three daughters, Mrs. George W. Goodwin 
Jr. of Franklin, Mrs. E.S. Sheppe Jr. of Richmond and Mrs. E.M. Babb of Ivor; 
four sons, W.H. Smith of Arlington, E.C. Smith Jr. and Gordon L. Smith of 
Richmond and Bernard W. Smith of Sedley; 19 grandchildren, and 30 great-
grandchildren.

   A funeral service was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley, 
by the Rev. Robert D. Fridley of High Street Methodist Church.  The body was 
taken to the cemetery from W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin.

   Pallbearers were John C. Bunch, Edward Gilliam, W. Tall Jones, Frank 
Hundley, Phebus Jones and T.C. Holland, Jr.


Virginia Belle (HEDGEPETH; Mrs. Eugene C.) SMITH, of Franklin, 
b. 26 Jun 1880, Isle of Wight Co., d. 20 Feb 1966, Richmond, age 85, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 22 Feb 1966, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 44, No. 44, Mon., Feb. 21, 1966, p. 2; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 24, 1966, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-62): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 


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