Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kirkland, Joseph T., 1960 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOSEPH THOMAS KIRKLAND Joseph Thomas Kirkland, 68, retired farmer of Sussex County, died in Raiford Memorial Hospital Sunday night. He was the husband of the late Sarah Elizabeth Harrup Kirkland and a son of the late William T. and Priscilla Holloman of Sussex County and was a member of Antioch Baptist church, Sussex County. Surviving are two sons, Joel Thomas Kirkland of Front Royal and Lewis E. Kirkland of Petersburg; a daughter, Mrs. Claudia W. Wall of Franklin; nine grandchildren; three brothers, J.H. Kirkland of Capron, Walter Kirkland of Chester, Pa. and G.W. Kirkland of Armond Beach, Fla. and three sisters, Mrs. Annnie Williams of Jarratt, Mrs. F.B. Porter of Petersburg, and Mrs. Oscar Rosenbush of Chester, Pa. A funeral service will be held in Antioch Baptist Church Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the burial in the church cemetery. The body will be taken to the church at 1 p.m. [Joseph Thomas KIRKLAND, retired Sussex Co. farmer, d. 13 Mar 1960, Franklin, age 68, interred in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, 15 Mar 1960, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 14, 1960, p. 4] Additional information: Joseph's daughter Lena KIRKLAND {b. 1925; living (Feb 2012)} married Claudia Wallace WALL {1922-1991}. They have a plot (Annex 2, Plot 31) in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.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/k624j1ob.txt