Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Watson, John B., 1963 

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JOHN BELIN WATSON

   John Belin Watson, 54, died suddenly at his home on Clay Street early 
Friday morning.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Ella Wade Watson and the son of Mrs. Mamie 
B. Watson of Warren, Ark., and the late F.G. Watson.

   Mr. Watson was an employee of Union Bag-Camp Corp. in the Forestry 
Department.  He was a native of Arkansas and had lived in Franklin for 
the past 20 years.  He was a member of the High Street Methodist Church.

   Surviving, besides his wife and mother, are one daughter Mrs. John W. 
Belote of Cape Charles; three sons J. Belin Watson, Jr. of Fishburne 
Military Academy, Waynesboro; George Wade Watson and Frank G. Watson of 
Franklin, two sisters, Mrs. Wallace D. Hurley of Camden. Ark., and Mrs. 
Lawton Green of Leland, Miss., and three grandchildren.

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JOHN BELIN WATSON

   FRANKLIN - Funeral services for John Belin Watson, who died at his home 
Friday morning were conducted at the graveside in Poplar Spring Cemetery 
Sunday at 2 p.m. by Rev. Gilliam C. Bentley, pastor of High Street Methodist 
Church, and Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of Franklin Baptist Church.

   Pallbearers were J.E. McGowan, John Magee, Jr., William Lankford, Howard 
Cotton, Winston Browne, J.B. Johnson, Randolph Denson and James E. Henry.


John Belin WATSON, Union Bag-Camp Forestry Dept. employee, 
Warren, AR native, d. 1 Feb 1963, at home, Franklin, age 54, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 195*), Franklin, 
   3 Feb 1963, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 4, 1963, Sect. I, p. 2; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 7, 1963, Sect. I, p. 2 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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