Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, Delia M. Beekman, 1903 

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DELIA MARIA BEEKMAN THOMAS

   Mrs. Delia M. Thomas died at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. R.A. Pope, at 
Drewryville on Thursday, May 17th, aged sixty nine.  Mrs. Thomas is the widow 
of the late P.S. Thomas, of Southampton Co., and leaves five children, J.B. 
Thomas, Miss Blanche Thomas and Mrs. R.A. Pope of Drewryville, Mrs. Jennie 
Smith of Appomattox county and Mrs. A.P. Hawkins, of Matthews county.  Mrs. 
Thomas was a highly esteemed and much beloved woman, one of the many good acts 
of her useful life being the erection of the Thomas Memorial Baptist Church of 
Drewryville.


Delia Maria (BEEKMAN IVEY; Mrs. Person Smith) THOMAS, 
b. 25 Dec 1836, Southampton Co., 
d. 17 May 1903, at son-in-law's home, Drewryville, 
interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 1, No. 31, Fri., May 25, 1906, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Drewryville list (D-26; see also memorial plaque, D-28): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

Delia 1m. 18 May 1859 John Cato IVEY. 
   (Southampton Co. MB1:65; M.Reg. p. 7 #10) 

Widowed, she 2m. 3 Aug 1864 Person Smith THOMAS. 
   (So.Co. MB1A:52; M.Reg. p. 14 #24) 

Person was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. G, 
   3rd VA Infantry. 


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