Southampton-Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Tomlin, Bertha M. Butler, 1965 

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BERTHA MAE BUTLER TOMLIN

   CARRSVILLE - Mrs. Bertha Butler Tomlin, 78, died Friday morning at her home 
after an illness of several months.

   She was the wife of Arthur G.* Tomlin and daughter of Julius and Alice 
Copeland Butler of Nansemond County.

   Mrs. Tomlin was a native of Nansemond County and a member of Beaver Dam 
Baptist Church.

   Surviving besides her husband are four sons, Oscar V. Tomlin of Pennsville, 
N.J., Roy G. Tomlin of Carrsville, James A. and William A. Tomlin of Franklin; 
one daughter, Mrs. Leona Cutchin of Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Potter 
and Mrs. Lessie Taylor of Portsmouth; two brothers, Norman Butler of Nansemond 
County and Billie Butler of Suffolk; 11 grandchildren and 6 great 
grandchildren.

   A funeral service was conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at W.J.M. Holland and 
Sons Funeral Home with Edwin C. Thornton Jr., pastor, Beaver Dam Church 
officiating.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were John Edward Rose Jr., Charles Futrell, J.F. Duke Jr., 
Cecil Miles, Robert Johnson and William Rose.


Bertha Mae (BUTLER; Mrs. Arthur M.) TOMLIN, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 8 Jan 1965, at home, Carrsville, age 78, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 200**), Franklin, 
   9 Jan 1965, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 18, 1965 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt] 

Additional information: 
 *w/o Arthur McGurvis "Guff" TOMLIN (1885-1970) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," July 30, 1970) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t545a1ob.txt 

Her parents, Julius Rasmus & Alice Elizabeth (COPELAND) BUTLER, 
   are buried in a COPELAND family cemetery. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-23), 
   an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 


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