Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Urquhart, Charles F. Jr., 1971 

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CHARLES FOX URQUHART JR.

   A funeral service for retired judge and former Courtland mayor Charles Fox 
Urquhart Jr., 65, was held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Riverside Cemetery by the 
Rev. Paul L. Swartz.

   Pallbearers were B.A. Williams Jr., C.A. Clements, Dr. E.F. Reese III, 
C.B. Harding, F.W. Poates and R.H. Brooks.

   At his death, Mr. Urquhart was commissioner of accounts for Southampton 
County.

   A native of Sacramento, Calif. he lived in the Courtland area, 40 years. 
He was the husband of Mrs. Dorothy Harper Urquhart and a son of Charles Fox 
and Mrs. Irene Coe Urquhart Sr.

   He was former associate judge of the County Court and Juvenile and Domestic 
Relations Court of Southampton County and also judge of Courtland Town Court.

   He was former president of Southampton County Bar Association and former 
director of the Ridley Foundation.

   He was a vestryman and treasurer of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Courtland, 
first president of the Southampton County Historical Society, member of Sons 
of the American Revolution, American Camellia Society, Courtland Masonic 
Lodge, and the American Legion.  He was a Navy veteran of World War II.

   He was a graduate of Washington and Lee University Law School and member of 
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.

   Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mary Louisa Urquhart 
Bryant of Greensboro, N.C.; a son, Charles Fox Urquhart III of Courtland; and 
two granddaughters.


Hon. Charles Fox URQUHART, Jr., Southampton Co. Commissioner of Accounts, 
retired judge, former Mayor of Courtland, Navy veteran of WW-II, 
b. Sacramento, CA, d. 15 Mar 1971, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 22*), Courtland, 
   17 Mar 1971, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 22, 1971, p. 2 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 


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