Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cowling, Edna E. Branch, 1979 

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EDNA EARL BRANCH COWLING 

  WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Edna Branch Cowling, 80 of Route 2, died Monday in 
Petersburg General Hospital.

  A native of Sussex County, she was a former school teacher and a member 
of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church, Surry County.

  Survivors include her husband, Bernice E. Cowling Sr.; four daughters, 
Mrs. Nell C. Rogers and Mrs. Vernon V. Lowe, both of Wakefield, Mrs. Edna 
Schwicktenburg of Tucson, Ariz., and Mrs. Dorothy C. Moody of Uncasville, 
Conn.; two sons, Albert C. and B.E. Cowling Jr., both of Waverly; two sisters, 
Mrs. Annie C. Little and Mrs. Bernice B. Rogers, both of Wakefield; 18 
grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

  A funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Purviance Funeral 
Home, Wakefield, by the Rev. James M. Tongue and the Rev. L.P. Bland.

  Burial will be in Wakefield by the Rev. James M. Tongue and the Rev. L.P. 
Bland.

  The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 9 tonight in the funeral home 
and requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the 
Waverly Rescue Squad.


Edna Earl (BRANCH; Mrs. Bernice E. Sr.) COWLING, former teacher, 
b. 3 Apr 1899, Sussex Co., d. 20 Aug 1979, Petersburg, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 22 Aug 1979, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Aug. 21, 1979, p. 24 

*Her parents, David Vance Sr. & Ann Coker (WHITE) BRANCH, 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 

Her husband's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1980) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c452b1ob.txt 


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