Suffolk City-Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Macklin, Helen R. Birdsong, 1980 

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Mrs. Macklin, Cultural, Civic Leader 

Mrs. Helen B. Macklin 

  Mrs. Helen Birdsong Macklin, 84, died this morning in Louise Obici Memorial 
Hospital. 

  A native of Southampton County, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Henry 
and Martha McLemore Birdsong.  She was the widow of Harold Hammond Macklin. 

  Mrs. Macklin was active in cultural and civic activities in Suffolk for many 
years and was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church. 

  She was past president of the Suffolk Woman's Club, Riverview Garden Club 
and United Methodist Women of her church.  She was a graduate of Hollins 
College, a member Suffolk Literary Club and for many years served on the 
advisory board of the Salvation Army. 

  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Herbert L. Smith III of Virginia Beach 
and Mrs. J. Lewis Rawls Jr. of Suffolk; one son, Harold H. Macklin Jr. of 
Richmond; one brother, Harvard R. Birdsong of Suffolk; nine grandchildren and 
one great-grandchild. 

  A funeral service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Main Street United 
Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Robert D. Fridley.  Burial will be in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  The body will be taken from the R.W. Baker Funeral Home and placed in the 
church at 10 a.m. Saturday. 

  The family will be at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rawls, 603 Dumville 
Ave. 

  Memorial contributions may be made to the Memorial Fund of Main Street 
Methodist Church or the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad. 

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Mrs. Helen Birdsong Macklin 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Birdsong Macklin, who died Friday, were 
conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at Main St. United Methodist Church, by the 
Rev. Robert D. Fridley.  Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Pallbearers were Herbert L. Smith III, H. Garrett Smith II, William Macklin 
Smith, J. Lewis Rawls III, Frank Macklin Rawl James Martin Habel III. 

  R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 


Helen Rose (BIRDSONG; Mrs. Harold H. Sr.) MACKLIN, 
b. 16 Apr 1896, Courtland, Southampton Co., d. 30 May 1980, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block S, Lot 20*), Suffolk, 31 May 1980, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 58, No. 130, Fri., May 30, 1980, p. 2; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 58, No. 131, Sun., June 1, 1980, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #91510277. 

Her parents are also buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

D.Cert. 80-017177 

Her father had been Mayor of Suffolk.  His obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & 
   "Tidewater News," Oct. 6, 1933, p. 1) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b632t3ob.txt 


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