Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Faison, Robert L., 1952 

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ROBERT LEE FAISON 

  WAKEFIELD, Va., - Jan. 22 - Robert Lee Faison, 86, retired farmer, died 
Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Shelton H. Babb, in Ivor, Va. 
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Babb, Mrs. G.F. Johnson, of Franklin, 
Va.,; Mrs. Russell Lewis, of Wakefield, and Mrs. C.J. Thompson, of Raleigh, 
N.C.; four sons, R.A. Faison of Ashland ; S.H. and J.D. Faison of Wakefield, 
and R.L. Faison of Newport News; one brother, F.F. Faison, of Wakefield; 10 
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.  Funeral rites will be held at the 
grave in Wakefield Cemetery at 3 p.m. Thursday.

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Robert L. Faison, 86 Buried Jan. 24th At Wakefield 

  Robert Lee Faison, 86, of Wakefield, died January 22nd at the home of a 
daughter, Mrs. Shelton H. Babb, of Ivor, after being in ill health for more 
than a year. 

  He was the husband of the late Mrs. Mae Dillard Faison. who died in March of 
last year, and was the son of the late Robert Dempsey and Sarah Caroline White 
Faison [sic*] of Sussex County.  Mr. Faison was a member of Wakefield 
Congregational Church. 

  Beside Mrs. Babb, he is survived by three other daughters, Mrs. G.J. 
Johnson, of Franklin; Mrs. Russell Jenkins of Wakefield, and Mrs. C.J. 
Thompson of Raleigh, N.C.; four sons, R.A. Faison, of Ashland; R.L. Faison, 
of Newport News and D.H. Faison and J.D. Faison, both of Wakefield; 10 
grandchildren, one great-grandchild; a brother, F.F. Faison, of Wakefield, and 
a number of nieces and nephews. 

  Funeral services were held at the grave in Wakefield Cemetery at 3 P.M. 
Thursday with the Rev. J.L. Blankenship and Dr. J.E. White officiating.


Robert Lee FAISON, retired farmer, 
b. 20 Feb 1866, Sussex Co., d. 22 Jan 1952, at daughter's home, Ivor, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 23 Jan 1952, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Jan. 23, 1952, p. 13; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 34, No. 35, Jan. 31, 1952, p. 5, col. 7 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His parents, Dempsey & Sara C. (WHITE) FAISON, are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 2300 (B&I #1) also gives them as Robert Dempsey & Srah Caroline 
   (WHITE) FAISON. 

His wife's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Mar. 27, 1951, p. 6) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/f250m4ob.txt 


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