Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thorpe, Pearl E. Ferguson, 1933 

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PEARL ESTHER THORPE* 

   Mrs. Pearl Esther Thorpe, aged 39, died at her home near Newsoms Wednesday, 
September 6.  Besides her husband, C.C. Thorpe, she is survived by her mother, 
Mrs. Josie Ferguson; four children, Carl, James Roy, Kathrine and Pearl; two 
sisters, Mrs. Ruth Whitfield and Mrs. Eula Griffin, and a brother, Roy 
Ferguson, all of Newsoms.

   Funeral services were conducted by her Pastor, Rev. L.E. Dailey Friday 
afternoon from her late residence and burial was made in the Newsoms Cemetery. 
Active pallbearers were P.G. Ferguson, P.S. Worrell, C.Q. Ferguson, W.T. Ivey, 
G.H. Gray and R.B. Story.

*THORP in original corrected to THORPE throughout.

Pearl Esther (FERGUSON; Mrs. Carl C. Sr.) THORPE, 
b. 2 Nov 1852, Boykins, d. 6 Sep 1933, at home, near Newsoms, age 39, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 8 Sep 1933, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 15, 1933, p. 1 

*Her parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-32&64): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," July 4, 1947, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t610c1ob.txt 


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