Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Faison, Martha I. Barrett, 1959 

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Faison Funeral To Be Saturday 

  FRANKLIN - Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Barrett Faison will be conducted 
Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the Purviance Funeral Home in Wakefield by the Rev. 
J.E. McCauley, pastor of the Waverly Christian Church.  Burial will be in the 
family cemetery at Burton's Grove, Sussex County. 

  Mrs. Faison, 53, died Thursday at 7 a.m. at her home at Littleton after a 
long illness. 

  She was a lifelong resident at Sussex County, the daughter at the late 
Salathiel and Mrs. Mildred Denson Barrett. 

  Surviving are her husband, Dollie B. Faison of Littleton; five sons, Robert 
R. Faison and B. Woody Faison, both of Franklin; Hartwell E. Faison of 
Richmond and D.B. Faison and Wilmer F. Faison, both of Littleton; three 
daughters, Mrs. Mills Eure of Biloxi, Miss.; Mrs. Horace Griffin of 
Whaleyville and Mrs. Randolph Murphy of Wakefield; 14 grandchildren; one 
sister, Mrs. Mary Pearl Faison of Franklin; two brothers, Mills B. Barrett of 
Zuni and Davis S. Barrett of Courtland. 


Martha Iola (BARRETT; Mrs. "Dollie" Dalbaly B.) FAISON, 
b. 26 Jul 1905, Sussex Co., d. 8 Jan 1959, at home, Littleton, 
interred in Burton's Grove Christian Church Cemetery*, Sussex Co., 
   10 Jan 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 7, Fri., Jan. 9, 1959, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

A photo of her metal Purviance Funeral Home grave marker - added by NOMDEPLUME 
   - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #139710817.  Find a Grave calls it 
   Burton's Grove Christian Church Cemetery (Cemetery ID: 2418379). 

D.Cert. 2703 (Newville #1) 

Her parents are marked in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Black Creek list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

However, her father is also marked in Burton's Grove Christian Church 
   Cemetery, and her mother's D.Cert. states she was buried there. 

Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. D, 
   44th Battalion VA Infantry, until paroled at Appomattox C.H. He and her 
   mother were both Confederate pensioners. 

Her paternal grandfather, Rev. Mills Burwell BARRETT, was also a Confederate 
   veteran, having served as a chaplain.  He is buried in a BRITTLE family 
   cemetery on Ivor Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (MV-I-51): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 


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