Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Weede, Jesse A., 1956 

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JESSE AMBROSE WEEDE 

   Jesse Ambrose Weede, 73, prominent resident of Franklin, and husband of 
Mrs. Jacqueline Davis Weede, died Tuesday morning, June 5, at Raiford Memorial 
Hospital after suffering a severe heart attack.

   Mr. Weede, an employee of W.T. Pace Hardware Co. for more than 50 years, 
retired a few years ago.

   He was a native of Murfreesboro, N.C., and was the son of the late Joseph 
Thomas and Celia Jackson Weede.  He was a member of High Street Methodist 
Church and of the Masonic Lodge of Franklin for many years.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by two son, Joseph Davis Weede of Atlanta, 
Ga., and Jesse Ambrose Weede, Jr., of Franklin; one sister, Miss Pattie Day 
Weede, and two brothers, J. Edgar Weede and Willie M. Weede, all of Franklin, 
and three grandchildren, Bettie June, Kay and Jackie Weede, of Atlanta.

   Funeral services were conducted today (Thursday) at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel 
of W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home by Rev. James W. Turner, pastor of High 
Street Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. J.S. Maxey.  Interment was in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Gardner T. Edwards, G. Carl Steinhardt, Edward F. 
Gilliam, F.F. Powell, T.C. Holland, Jr., E.A. Davis, H.B. McLemore, Jr., and 
Robert A. Vaughan.


Jesse Ambrose WEEDE (Sr.), retired from W.T. Pace Hardware Co., 
Murfreesboro, NC native, d. 5 Jun 1956, Franklin, age 73, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 72B*), Franklin, 
   7 Jun 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 7, 1956, Section I, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His parents are buried in Section 2, Plot 73B.  An abstract of his father's 
   death certificate (1919-477-20097) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/w300j1dc.txt 


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