Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cowling, Bernice E. Sr., 1980 

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BERNICE EVERETT COWLING 

B.E. COWLING SR. 

  WAKEFIELD - Bernice E. Cowling Sr., 77, a retired Surry County farmer, died 
Wednesday in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk.

  He was a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church.

  Survivors include four daughter, Mrs. Nell C. Rogers and Mrs. Vernon V. 
Lowe, both of Wakefield. Mrs. Edna Earl Schwicktenberg of Tucson, Ariz., and 
Mrs. Dorothy C. Moody of Baton Rouge, La.; two sons, B.E. Cowling, Jr. and 
Albert C. Cowling, both of Waverly; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie C. Brown of 
Fairfax and Mrs. Ruth Harlow of Mineral; a brother, Harvey J. Cowling of 
Wakefield; 18 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

  A funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday in Purviance Funeral Home by 
the Rev. James M. Tongue and the Rev. R.E. Brittle.

  Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions 
to the Waverly Rescue Squad or the Rocky Hock Methodist Church.

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BERNICE EVERETT COWLING 

  Bernice E. Cowling, Sr., age 77, a resident of Wakefield, died Wednesday, 
March 19, 1980.  He was a retired Surry Co. farmer, a member of Rocky Hock 
Methodist Church.  He survived by two sons, B.E. Cowling, Jr. and Albert C. 
Cowling, of Waverly; four daughters, Mrs. Nell C. Rogers, Mrs. Vernon V. Lowe, 
both of Wakefield, Mrs. Edna Earl Schwicktenberg of Tucson, Ariz., Mrs. 
Dorothy C. Moody of Baton Rouge, La.; a brother, Harvey J. Cowling of 
Wakefield; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie C. Brown of Fairfax and Mrs. Ruth Harlowe 
of Mineral, eighteen grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren.

  Funeral services Friday, March 21, 3 p.m. in the Purviance Funeral Chapel, 
Wakefield.  Burial in the Wakefield Cemetery.  The family suggests memorials 
to the Waverly Rescue Squad or Rocky Hock Methodist Church.


Bernice Everett COWLING, Sr., of Wakefield, retired Surry Co. farmer, 
b. 3 Apr 1899, Sussex Co., d. 19 Mar 1980, Petersburg, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 21 Mar 1980, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Mar. 20, 1980; 
Purviance Funeral Home obit 

*His parents, James Everett & Lelia May (WOOTEN) COWLING, 
   are also buried there.  Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His wife's obit ("Daily Press," Aug. 21, 1979, p. 24) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c452e2ob.txt 

A memorial to his parents is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c452j2ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Nov. 5, 1955, p. 24) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c452l1ob.txt 


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