Surry-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Eggleston, B. Marie Branch, 1979 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ BERTHA MARIE BRANCH EGGLESTON WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Marie Branch Eggleston, 68, died Friday in her home near Wakefield. She was a native of Southampton County and a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church in Surry County. Survivors include her husband, Joseph Owen Eggleston; a son, Dallas Ray Eggleston of Wakefield; two sisters, Miss Mary Branch of Richmond, and Mrs. Nina Whitmore of Wakefield; a brother, William Judson Branch of Elizabeth City, N.C., and three grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, by the Rev. James Tongue and the Rev. L.P. Bland. Burial will be in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight in the funeral home. ****************************************************************************** BERTHA MARIE BRANCH EGGLESTON Marie Branch Eggleston, age 68, of Wakefield, died Friday, March 30, 1979, at her home. She was a native of Southampton Co., and a member of the Rocky Hock United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Owen Eggleston of Rt. 2, Pox 6, Wakefield; one son, Dallas Ray Eggleston of Wakefield; two sisters, Miss Mary Branch of Richmond and Mrs. Nina Whitmore of Wakefield; one brother, William Judson Branch of Elizabeth City, N.C.; two grandsons; Steven and Jeff Eggleston, both of Hampton; one granddaughter, Linda Eggleston, age 5, of Wakefield. Funeral services will be held Sunday, April 1, 3 p.m. in the Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield. Rev. James Tongue and Rev. L.P. Bland will officiate. Burial in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home. ****************************************************************************** BERTHA MARIE BRANCH EGGLESTON MRS. MARIE B. EGGLESTON WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Marie Branch Eggleston, 68, died Friday in her home. She was a native of Southampton County and the wife of Joseph Owen Eggleston. She was a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church. Others survivors include a son, Dallas Ray Eggleston of Wakefield; two sisters, Miss Mary Branch of Richmond and Mrs. Nina Whitmore of Wakefield; one brother, William Judson Branch of Elizabeth City, N.C.; and three grandchildren. A funeral was held Sunday at 3 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, by the Revs. James Tongue and L.P. Bland. Burial was in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery. Bertha Marie (BRANCH; Mrs. "Joe" O.) EGGLESTON, b. 23 Jun 1901, Southampton Co., d. 30 Mar 1979, at home, Surry Co., interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 10*), Surry Co., 1 Apr 1979, "Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Mar. 31, 1979, p. 20 donated obits, publications unknown [not in "Smithfield Times" or "Suffolk News-Herald"] *Rocky Hock list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt Her mother, Bertha Wills (VICK) BRANCH, is buried in Plot 43. A photo of Marie's gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137028297. Her husband's (donated, 1979) obit & Rocky Hock Church bulletin articles on him are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/e242j1ob.txt Her father, Adoniram Judson) BRANCH, d. 25 Nov 1925, and was buried in the family cemetery, presumably in Southampton Co.; however, the site is not known (May 2022) to the SCHS Cemetery Project. (D.Cert. 28775 {B&I #9}) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/e242m2ob.txt