Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carson, Beverley F., 2014 

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BEVERLEY FROST CARSON 
(July 22, 1928 - March 13, 2014) 

  Mr. Beverley Frost "Bev" Carson, 85, of Franklin, passed away on March 13, 
2014.  He was born in Wakefield, VA the son of the late Baylis Rector Carson, 
Sr. and Venona Sears Carson.  He is survived by his wife of 60 years Anne 
Reese Carson; son, Thomas Frost Carson; daughter, Beverley Carson Casper and 
her husband Robert; daughter, Mary Carson Jones and her husband Alan; 
grandchildren Mary Claire, Carson, and Abby Jones; Samuel and Mary Casper; 
brother, John Carson and his wife "Tour"; and other brothers and sisters-in-
law as well as numerous nieces and nephews and extended family.  He also was 
pre-deceased by his beloved mentor and neighbor, Dr. S. Burt Ellis.

  Bev graduated from Wakefield High School in 1946, and he attended Virginia 
Tech and the University of Richmond before graduating from the School of 
Pharmacy at the Medical College of Virginia in 1953.  He was a member of Phi 
Gamma Delta fraternity while at Richmond.  Bev served in the US Army from 1954 
until 1956 in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. 

  Bev loved horses and won many jousting tournaments during his youth.  He was 
a very talented musician, and played in "The Virginians," a big band dance 
band that played across southeastern Virginia in the mid-nineteen fifties to 
sixties.  Bev was passionate about pharmacy, and will be remembered as a 
kindhearted, caring, and generous pharmacist who loved and respected his 
customers.  He owned Jones Drug in Franklin for twenty-three years, and worked 
at numerous pharmacies across eastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina 
for a career that spanned fifty years.

  Bev was a member of the Wakefield Masonic Lodge #198 for 64 years.  He was 
also a member of the Franklin Lions Club, the American Legion, and Franklin 
Baptist Church, where he served as a Deacon.

  The family will receive friends on Saturday, March 15, 2014 from 4 until 6 
p.m. at Wright Funeral Home, 206 West 4th Avenue, Franklin, VA.  A Memorial 
Service with Military Honors to celebrate his life will be held on Sunday, 
March 16, 2014 at 3 p.m. at Franklin Baptist Church, 208 North High Street, 
Franklin, VA.  Burial will follow the service at the Wakefield Cemetery in 
Wakefield, VA, and there will be a reception at Wakefield Baptist Church, 104 
West Church Street, Wakefield, VA 23888.

  Anyone wishing to make a memorial donation may send it to Franklin Baptist 
Church, 208 North High Street, Franklin, VA 23851.  On-line condolences may 
be sent to www.wrightfuneralhome.org


"Bev" Beverley Frost CARSON, of Franklin, pharmacist - owned Jones Drug, 
musician, Army veteran, 
b. 22 Jul 1928, Wakefield, d. 13 Mar 2014, Franklin, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 16 Mar 2014, 
Wright Funeral Home obit 

*His parents & in-laws 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 widow's obit ("Tidewater News," May 17, 2017) is posted at: 
  http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c625a1ob.txt 


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