Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Francis, Julia E. Drew, 1986 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JULIA EMILY DREW FRANCIS WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Julia Emily Drew Francis, 78, died Sunday in Louise Obici Hospital, Suffolk. Survivors include a son, Langhorne Drew Francis of Richmond; and a sister, Miss Ann C. Drew of Wakefield. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Purviance Funeral Home. Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery. ****************************************************************************** JULIA EMILY DREW FRANCIS Mrs. Julia Emily Drew Francis, 78, widow of Joseph Langhorne Francis, died at Louise Obici Hospital July 6, 1986. She was the daughter of Benjamin C. Drew and Annie Jarratt Drew. A life- long resident of Wakefield, she was a graduate of Longwood College and a member of Wakefield United Methodist Church, the Frances Bland Randolph Chapter NSDAR, A.P.V.A., U.D.C., and the Fort Henry Chapter Daughter of the American Colonists. She is survived by her son, Longhorne Drew Francis of Richmond, and a sister, Miss Ann C. Drew of Wakefield. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday July 8 at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield. Interment Wakefield Cemetery Julia Emily (DREW; Mrs. Joseph L.) FRANCIS, b. 11 Dec 1907, Southampton Co.*, d. 6 Jul 1986, Suffolk, interred in Wakefield Cemetery**, 8 Jul 1986, "The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), July 8, 1986, p. 15; donated obit, publication unknown **Her parents, Benjamin Clinton & Annie (JARRATT) DREW, 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 *Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 86-024243; birthplace corrected from Sussex to Southampton County. Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," May 16, 1968, p. 3) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/f652j7ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/f652j6ob.txt