Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Tomlinson, Thomas F., 1936 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ THOMAS FRANKLIN TOMLINSON Thomas Franklin Tomlinson, aged 58 years*, a resident of Southampton County for the past 7 years, died at his residence near Handsom after a short illness last Friday morning. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Tomlinson; two daughters, Mrs. T.R. Gardner of Painesville, Ohio, and Miss Doris Tomlinson of Suffolk; five sons, Thomas Washington, William Linwood Tomlinson of Suffolk, Joseph Franklin and J.W. Keirsey of Norfolk, and James Elmore Tomlinson of Handsom; two sisters, Mrs. Mary J. Moore and Mrs. C.W. Tyler of Norfolk and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 from the Holland Funeral Home here, interment being in Sycamore Cemetery, the services being conducted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson. Thomas Franklin TOMLINSON, Wickham Mills miller, Wilson Co., NC native, d. 2 Apr 1936, at home, near Handsom, age circa 57*, interred in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 4, Plot 40**), 12 Jan 1930, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 10, 1936, p. 10 **Family marker only {formerly listed as TOMLIN}; added to list. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (MV-IV-42): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt *His D.Cert. (11712 {Newsoms #5}) gives b. 1 Jul 1877, but age 58. The 1900 Census (Tanner's Creek, Norfolk Co., VA) gives b. Jul 1858 NC, works in Knitting mill, m. 4 yrs. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t545t1ob.txt