Southampton County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wright, Cora M. Byrum, 1971 

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MRS. CORA WRIGHT 

  FRANKLIN -- Mrs. Cora Byrum Coburn Wright of Portsmouth, a former resident 
of Franklin, died Sunday afternoon in Norfolk General Hospital. 

  A native of Bertie County, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Levy and 
Eugene Byrum. 

  She was a Baptist. 

  She is survived by one son, Leroy Coburn of Franklin; four daughters, Mrs. 
Libby Linton of Norfolk, Mrs. Jay Spivey of Portsmouth, Mrs. Louise Bohenstidl 
of Virginia Beach and Mrs. Novadine Posey of Freelandville, Ind.; and eight 
grandchildren, seven great-grand-children and one great-great-grandchild. 

  A funeral service will be conducted at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the W.J.M. 
Holland Funeral Home by Dr. Ira Hudgins, pastor of Franklin Baptist Church. 
Burial will be in Southampton Memorial Park. 

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CORA MINA BYRUM COBURN WRIGHT 

   NORFOLK - A funeral service for Mrs. Cora Byrum Coburn Wright of Portsmouth 
and Franklin was held Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. by Dr. Ira D. Hudgins of Franklin 
Baptist Church.

   Burial was in Southampton Memorial Park.

   Pallbearers were George Gardner, William Blythe, W.B. Harper Jr., J.B. 
Newsome, Lester Keech, Howard Blythe and Pete Dunlow.

   A native of Bertie County, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Levy and 
Eugene Byrum.  She was a Baptist.

   Surviving are four daughters; Mrs. Libby Linton of Norfolk, Mrs. Jay Spivey 
of Portsmouth, Mrs. Louise Bohenstiel of Virginia Beach and Mrs. Novadine Posey 
of Freelandville, Ind.; one son, Leroy Coburn of Franklin; eight grandchildren, 
7 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild.


Cora Mina (BYRUM COBURN; Mrs. Percy T.) WRIGHT, of Portsmouth & Franklin, 
b. 30 Sep 1893, Bertie Co., NC, d. 29 Aug 1971, Norfolk, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Devotion II, Plot 95/96*), 31 Aug 1971, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 49, No. 207, Mon., Aug. 30, 1971, p. 8; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., Sep. 2, 1971, p. 7 

Additional information: 

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

A photo of her grave marker - added by Nancy Kriigel - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #232886642. 

She 1m. Jesse Bynum COBURN 1912 in Halifax Co., NC; they div. in 1945, and 
   he remarried.  He is buried in Beaverdam Baptist Church Cemetery, 
   between Franklin & Carrsville. Beaverdam list (BD-21), 
   an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

Jesse's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 20, 1964, I-5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c165j1ob.txt 

She 2m. divorcee Percy Travis WRIGHT 1949 in Boykins; they div. in 1964. 
   He is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block H, Lot 23. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

Their 2Div.Cert. #8616 gives Percy Traves Wright & Cora Mayo Coburn?. 
   (#8616; duplicate of #8542)  

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 71-023546. 


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