Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Story, Bedia A. Story, 1926 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Bedia Ann "Beddie" (STORY; Mrs. Caleb E.) STORY, Nov 1850 - Jan 1926, death certificate abstract ______________________________________________________________________________ Certificate of Death, Vol. 863, No. 10899 Commonwealth of Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics {BVS} State Board of Health Form No. 12. Place Of Death: Southampton Co.; Newsoms District Registration District No. 872B Registered No. 3 Full Name: Beddie Story ______________________________________________________________________________ Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex: Female Color or Race: White Marital Status: Married* Spouse: Married [sic*] Date of Birth: 1926 [sic] Age: 76 years* Occupation: House keeping Birthplace: Southampton Father: -Name: Jessie Story -Birthplace: Southampton Mother: -Maiden Name: Sallie Laura* -Birthplace: Southampton Informant: Linn Firs [??; surname likely FIERS] Handsom, Va. Burial or Removal: Mt. Horeb*, Jan 24 Undertaker: W.J.M. Holland Franklin, Va. Filed: May 1, 1926 Registrar: Lena Gilliam ______________________________________________________________________________ Medical Certificate of Death Date of Death: [check mark {left blank}; in pencil "C as Jan."] I Hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from 1918 to 1926 I last her alive on Jan 15, 1926 Death is said to have occurred, on date stated above, at __ _.M. The Cause of Death was as follows: Chronis Myocarditis [Health dept. code 90] Duration: [check mark {left blank}] Contributory (Secondary): Rheumatism Duration: [blank] (Signed) S.J. Railey Handsom, Va. 2-17, 1926 ______________________________________________________________________________ The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA Bureau Of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 1926-863-10899 *Additional information: Interred in Mt. Horeb Church Cemetery, Sunbeam Rd. (Rt. 680). Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-14): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt The cemetery list gives b. Nov 1850, so d. age 75. It gives her husband, Confederate veteran Caleb E. STORY, as having died 10 Oct 1894. Caleb E. Story, 23, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., sn/o Elias & Sally Story, Farmer Bedia A. Story, 22, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., dt/o Jesse & Sally Story m.lic. 10 Feb 1872 by clerk O. White; cert. signed "X" by Joel L. Story for C.E. Story m. 10 Feb 1872 at Thos. Johnson's in Southampton Cty. Va. by John S. Russell (Southampton Co. MB2:7) Her parents: Jesse (Jessee) Story & Sarah Lurrey (Scuraher Lerruy in consent) - 21 years of age m.bond 18 Jul 1849 sec/wit: Joshua (Jashua) Johnson; Wm.W. Briggs, L.R. Edwards Jesse Story & Sarah Surrey m. 26 Jul 1849 by Robert S. Barnes (Southampton Co. M.Reg. 1750-1853, pp. 581, 726; volume recopied from marriage bonds & ministers' returns) Her in-laws: Elias Story & Sally J. Vick - upwards of 21 years m.bond 21 Jun 1843 sec/wit: Benjamin Bunn; L.R. Edwards m. 22 Jun 1843 by Robert S. Barnes (Southampton Co. M.Reg. 1750-1853, pp. 529, 713) Beddie's father Jesse was also a Confederate soldier, having served as a private in Co. G, 31st N.C. Infantry, although he was a Southampton Co. native. A resident of Newsoms, he applied for a Confederate pension in 1902; file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/military/civilwar/pensions/s360j1cs.txt Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris, zoobug64@aol.com (Jul 2013) [brackets mine] file size: 4 Kb file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/s360b1dc.txt