Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Womble, Elizabeth Bradshaw, 1947 

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ELIZABETH "BETTIE" BRADSHAW WOMBLE 

   Mrs. Bettie Womble, 98, oldest resident of the Sedley community, died 
Monday morning, April 28, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.M. Johnson, 
near Sedley, after an illness of several months.

   She was the daughter of the late M.C. and Patient Bradshaw* of Southampton 
County, and was an active member of the Black Creek Baptist Church for many 
years.

   Mrs. Womble is survived by three sons, J.T. Bradshaw and C.H. Bradshaw* of 
Ivor and Sonny Womble of Raleigh, N.C.; a daughter, Mrs. W.M. Johnson of 
Sedley; fifteen grandchildren and twenty-eight great-grandchildren.

   The body was brought to the Holland Funeral Home in Franklin, where it lay 
in state until Tuesday afternoon.  Funeral services were conducted from the 
Black Creek Church at 2:30 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. W.B. Watson, with 
interment in the church cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Lloyd Johnson, Woodrow Johnson, Raby Vann, F.L. Futrell, 
Robert Bradshaw and T.J. Bradshaw.


Elizabeth "Bettie" (BRADSHAW; Mrs. William H.*) WOMBLE, of Sedley, 
Southampton Co. native, 
d. 28 Apr 1947, at daughter's home, near Sedley, age circa 92*, 
interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery**, 29 Apr 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 2, 1947, p. 15 

*Additional information: 

Her surviving children are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Black Creek list (BC-30): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

She appears in the 1900 Census (Jerusalem, So.Co.) as Bettie Womble, 
   b. Jan 1855 VA, divorced, 4/4 ch surviving - 3 given, all as Womble. 

She seems to be identical with this bride: 

William H. Womble, 18, b. & res. Southampton Co., [parents not given], Laborer 
Elizabeth Bradshaw, 22, b. & res. Southampton Co., d/o H. & E. Bradshaw 
m.lic. 16 Jan 1878, by clerk L.R. Edwards 
m. 17 Jan 1878, at the Bride's residence, by John T. Kitchen 
(Southampton Co. MB3:256) 

The 1880 Census (Jerusalem, So.Co.) gives Henry Womble, 20, Elizabeth, 25, 
   and son James M., 2; adjacent to sisters Sallie Womble, 50, & 
   Polly Womble, 48. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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