Southampton-Prince Edward County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Weaver, James W., 1962 

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JAMES WELDON WEAVER

LOCAL MAN DIES FROM GUNSHOT

   James W. Weaver, father of a five year old girl, was found dead in a 
bedroom at his home in Franklin Tuesday, apparently from a self-inflicted 
gunshot wound in the head.  He was 31 years old.

   His death occurred Tuesday morning Lt. Wilson Carr of the Franklin Police 
said a 22 caliber pistol was found beside the body.  One shot had been fired.

   Mrs. Weaver was outside the house at the time.  She reportedly heard the 
shot and found the body.

   Weaver was employed by Brett’s Esso Service Center in Franklin.

   A native of Rice, he was a son of Joseph Edward Weaver and Mrs. Geneva C. 
Inge and the husband of Mrs. Catherine Edwards Weaver.  He lived in Franklin 
17 years.

   Besides his wife and mother he is survived by daughter, Elizabeth Kaye 
Weaver of Franklin; a brother, Charles Weaver of Franklin and a half-sister, 
Mrs. Bobbie Inge.

   A funeral service will be conducted today, Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the 
chapel of W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins of 
Franklin Baptist Church.

   Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

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JAMES WELDON WEAVER

   FRANKLIN - Funeral services for James A. Weaver, who died at his home 
Tuesday morning, were held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the chapel of 
W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home, with Rev. John S. Steele, pastor of the 
Franklin Presbyterian Church, and Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin 
Baptist Church, officiating.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were E.G. Brett, Grover Worrell, John Galloway, Wallace Mason, 
Henry Johnson and Gardner Cobb.


James Weldon WEAVER, service station employee, Air Force veteran, 
Rice native, suicide 28 Aug 1962, at home, Franklin, age 31, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 59A*), Franklin, 
   30 Aug 1962, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 30, 1962, p. 6; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 6, 1962, Section 2, p. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 


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