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Index of Obituaries Published in
The Independent- Messenger Newspaper, Greensville Co., VA
1973

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Cemetery

Surname

First Name

Age

Birth Mo.

Birth Day

Birth Year

Death Mo.

Death Day

Death Year

Issue Date

Pg

Spouse, Parents

Not Listed

Cannon

Gordon F.

56

 

 

 

12

 

1972

1/4/1973

 

h/o Aileen S.

Corinth U. M. CH.

Conner

William Jennings

57

6

7

1915

12

22

1972

1/4/1973

 

h/o Sallie Gordon

Emporia

Murfee

William Clyde

73

10

13

1899

12

19

1972

1/4/1973

 

h/o Annie Tillar

Grace Episcopal Ch.

Reams

Lucius Gregory

72

1

1

1900

12

22

1972

1/4/1973

 

 

Graves Family, Sussex Co., VA

Bobbitt

Lynwood Thurman

 

12

5

1933

1

24

1973

1/25/1973

14

h/o Frieda Croshaw

Pelham's

Clary

Cora Lee

82

 

 

 

1

18

1973

1/25/1973

13

w/o John R.

Greensville Mem.

Eddins

Lonnie Vaden

79

9

2

1893

1

23

1973

1/25/1973

13

h/o Emma Baker

Blandford Cem., Petersburg, VA

Horne

Elizabeth Berkeley Parham

 

 

 

 

1

12

1973

1/25/1973

14

W/o Sam Shelton

Emporia

Hubbard

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Birdsong

76

 

 

 

1

19

1973

1/25/1973

13

w/o Hector

Parker Family, Walnut Hill farm

Parker

Cora Brooking

82

10

16

1890

1

 

1973

1/25/1973

14

w/o Wm. Thomas

Blandford Cem., Petersburg, VA

Cole

John Herbert

 

 

 

 

1

23

1973

2/1/1973

12

s/o Franklin Walter & Susan Cocke Cole, h/o Louise Clements

Aberdour (burial not listed in Obit)

Rae

Carl B, Sr,

 

 

 

1914

12

4

1972

2/1/1973

13B

 

Pine View, Rocky Mt. NC

Williford

Mrs. Hugh A.

77

 

 

 

1

24

1973

2/1/1973

10

 

Greensville Mem.

Wills

David Pryor Sr.

76

5

5

1896

1

25

1973

2/1/1973

10

h/o Velina Robinson

Emporia

Nash

John Wiley Jr.

 

9

23

1911

2

6

1973

2/8/1973

1

h/o Hanna Severin

Blandford Cem., Petersburg, VA

Sims

Julia Wachamann

86

4

4

1886

1

 

1973

2/8/1973

9

w/o Wilmer A.

Emporia

Skinner

David Thomas

55

 

 

1917

1

29

1973

2/8/1973

12

h/o Virginia Quest

St. John's

Dianis

Annie Polonec

56

5

30

1916

2

7

1973

2/15/1973

8

w/o Paul Jr.

Emporia

Jones

Wiley Franklin

74

 

 

 

2

10

1973

2/15/1973

8

 

Williams Family, Southampton Co., VA

Mitchell

Maude Williams

 

 

 

 

2

8

1973

2/15/1973

8

w/o Fletcher D.

Braswell Family, Brunswick Co., VA

Buckner

Ruth Braswell

 

 

 

 

2

 

1973

2/22/1973

10

w/o Richard

Emporia

Clements

Mattie Anderson

90

1

1

1883

2

15

1973

2/22/1973

10

dau; Dorothy, son Sidney G. Jr.

Sunset Mem. Park

Field

Elaine Goode

 

 

 

 

2

8

1973

3/1/1973

10

w/o John A. Jr., d/o John Baxter & Elaine Cochran Goode

Mayes-Henderson, Sussex Co., SC

Neaves

Carrie Mayes

 

 

 

 

2

 

1973

3/1/1973

7

w/o Junius Riddick, d/o John H.  & Martha Henderson Mayes

Owen Family, Jarratt, VA

Owen

Nannie Bennett

84

1

4

1889

2

23

1973

3/1/1973

11

d/o Jesse Samuel & Martha Collie Bennett, w/o Charles F.

Forest Lawn

Vick

Lewis E., Col

67

 

 

 

2

 

1973

3/1/1973

10

(USAF Ret.)

Blandford Cem., Petersburg, VA

Williams

Lula Eppes

 

 

 

 

3

 

1973

3/8/1973

14

w/o Cecil Rose

Capron Cem.

Banty

Mary Pope

68

 

 

 

3

11

1973

3/15/1973

12

w/o Richard L.

Hassidiah Bapt. Ch

Moore

Gilbert

16

 

 

 

3

 

1973

3/15/1973

1

 

Capron Cem.

Vick

Arthur Davis

86

 

 

 

3

15

1973

3/22/1973

14

bro. of Herbert

Greensville Mem.

Bryant

Horace Emmett

70

9

6

1902

3

26

1973

3/29/1973

15

h/o Mrs. Melvin Moody Bryant

Greensville Mem.

Darden

Zelia Edmonds

57

9

20

1915

3

23

1973

3/29/1973

15

w/o Romie W. Sr.

Greensville Mem.

Grizzard

Sallie Taylor

 

5

6

1903

3

24

1973

3/29/1973

15

w/o Lester Johnson

Beechwood Cem, Boykins, VA

Lee

Joseph Anderson Sr.

61

 

 

 

3

 

1973

3/29/1973

15

s/o Lula Mae Smith & Wm. Anderson Sr., h/o Nora Wade

Greensville Mem.

Smith

Harry Lee Sr.

63

12

15

1909

3

21

1973

3/29/1973

15

h/o Mary Dunn

Emporia

Jean

Joseph Andrew

84

4

18

1888

3

29

1973

4/5/1973

16

 

Aberdour

Maitland

Annie Rae

88

3

25

1885

3

28

1973

4/5/1973

14

d/o Alexander & Isabella Rae

Emporia

Cato

Albert Ford

 

6

25

1911

4

10

1973

4/12/1973

3

 

Mt. Vernon Bapt Ch

Doyle

Bernice Pair

71

 

 

 

4

8

1973

4/12/1973

10

w/o Willie Younger

Emporia

Long

Hugh Oman

90

1

23

1883

4

14

1973

4/19/1973

12

h/o Belle Morgan

Emporia (tribute to former mayor)

Lee

George Frederick

 

7

27

1928

10

7

1972

5/3/1973

1

 

Blandford Cem., Petersburg, VA

Mayes

Dorothy Robbins

 

 

 

 

4

23

1973

5/3/1973

16

w/o Joseph Greenaway

Round Hill U. M. Ch.

Stancell

William Augustus

75

8

13

1897

4

27

1973

5/3/1973

3

h/o Helen Vincent

Emporia

Taylor

Meadie Jr.

 

6

7

1910

4

27

1973

5/3/1973

1

h/o Laurice Wyche

Fountain Creek

Grey

Minnie Pair

74

5

19

1898

5

5

1973

5/10/1973

10

 

Greensville Mem.

Hart

Maude White

71

9

13

1900

5

1

1973

5/10/1973

10

w/o Herbert Russell

Stoney Creek Cem.

Prince

Irving A.

91

11

28

1880

5

 

1973

5/10/1973

10

bro; Joseph L., sis; Mary, Kathleen, Lilliam P.

Round Hill U. M. Ch.

Stancell

William Augustus

75

8

13

1897

4

27

1973

5/10/1973

10

s/o Wm Henry & Lula, h/o Helen Vincent

Riverside Cem., Oswego, NY

Barnes

Elizabeth W.

 

 

 

 

5

 

1973

5/17/1973

16

w/o Franklin H.

Independence U. M. Ch.

Jackson

Rufus Edward

67

 

 

1905

5

9

1973

5/17/1973

10

h/o Elizabeth Moore

Emporia (burial not listed in Obit)

Adams

Levi

53

7

25

1919

5

18

1973

5/24/1973

8

s/o John Sr. & Bessie Wilson Adams

Not Listed

Jessup

Charles Howard sr.

55

 

 

 

5

 

1973

5/24/1973

10

h/o Edith Jessup

Capron Cem.

Joyner

Bessie Bryant

78

 

 

 

5

19

1973

5/24/1973

8

w/o Thomas Jackson Sr.

Zion Baptist Ch.

Rowell

Lucy Turner

83

8

5

1891

5

25

1973

5/31/1973

12

w/o Thomas J.

Sebrell Cem.

Cobb

Caroline Reese

93

 

 

 

5

27

1973

6/7/1973

12

w/o Linwood M., d/o Emmitt F. & Virginia Bishop Reese

Emporia

Ogburn

Carrie Newsome

86

 

 

1887

6

2

1973

6/7/1973

12

w/o George E.

Emporia

Ewart

Sarah Batts

62

 

 

 

6

6

1973

6/14/1973

10

w/o James C.

Emporia

Guichard

Elmer Abel

57

 

 

1915

6

10

1973

6/14/1973

10

 

Emporia

House

Walter Cleveland

62

6

11

1910

6

7

1973

6/14/1973

3

h/o Louise Perkins

Not Listed

Little

Christine Young

 

 

 

 

6

 

1973

6/14/1973

3

 

Not Listed

Stith

James

14

 

 

 

6

 

1973

6/14/1973

3

 

Emporia

Asbury

Leath Futrelle

 

 

 

 

6

15

1973

6/21/1973

16

 

Readsville Bapt. Church

Prince

Mabel Lee (Miss)

80

 

 

 

6

17

1973

6/21/1973

8

 

Seventh Day Adventist Ch., Yale, VA

Wolosuk

Mary Stanko

74

 

 

 

6

 

1973

6/21/1973

15

 

Raleigh Mem. Park

Collins

Benjamin F.

89

 

 

 

7

 

1973

7/5/1973

10

 

Antioch Bapt Ch. Yale, VA

Norris

Grace

81

 

 

 

6

29

1973

7/5/1973

12

 

Owen Family

Owin

Guy Hamlin

 

 

 

 

6

28

1973

7/5/1973

12

 

Forest Lawn, L. A. CA

Silverman

Sidney H.

 

 

 

 

7

1

1973

7/5/1973

12

 

Not Listed

Spain

Deborah Kaye

 

 

 

 

7

 

1973

7/5/1973

12

d/o Mrs Grace E. Spain

Thorpe Family Cem.

Thorpe

John L. (Lewis)

27

8

11

1945

7

2

1973

7/5/1973

1

s/o Neuit Henry & Mary E. Thorpe

Baltimore Bapt. Ch

Washington

James Thomas

 

 

 

 

6

30

1973

7/5/1973

10

h/o Agatha

Round Hill U. M. Ch.

Cato

Jessie Johnson (Mrs.)

 

12

27

1900

6

28

1973

7/12/1973

9

w/o William W., d/o Samuel H. & Hattie Gordon Johnson

Beechwood Cem, Boykins, VA

Davis

Maude E.

55

 

 

 

7

11

1973

7/12/1973

12

d/o Luther & Emma Baker, w/o Elmer E.

Sunset Mem. Park, Chester, VA

Felton

Carrie Davis

 

5

15

1883

7

 

1973

7/12/1973

10

 

High Hills Cem.

Garton

Jean Hardaway

47

 

 

 

7

6

1973

7/12/1973

12

w/o Benjamin T.

Not Listed

Hall

Mrs. Herbert

 

 

 

 

7

9

1973

7/12/1973

12

mother of Richard O. of Jarratt

Greensville Mem.

Harris

John Turner

95

1

6

1878

7

7

1973

7/12/1973

1

h/o Mamie Hart

Beechwood Cem, Boykins, VA

Freeman

Sidney Julius

65

3

10

1908

7

 

1973

7/19/1973

12

 

Not Listed

Throop

Steven Luke

25

 

 

 

7

 

1973

7/19/1973

12

 

Avent Family

Avent

Grace Grizzard

84

4

20

1889

7

15

1973

7/26/1973

11

w/o Vernon

Greensville Mem.

Beale

Edward Koeberle

51

11

16

1921

7

20

1973

7/26/1973

11

h/o Mary Lane

Emporia

Wills

George Luther

67

5

16

1906

7

14

1973

7/26/1973

11

 

Capron Cem.

Jenkins

Andrew Jackson Jr.

67

 

 

 

7

 

1973

8/2/1973

12

h/o Willie Griffin

Emporia

Allen

William Marvin

60

12

9

1912

8

1

1973

8/9/1973

11

 

Rosewood Mem. Gardens, Virginia Beach, VA

Link

Leonard James

46

6

17

1927

7

 

1973

8/9/1973

11

h/o Esther Foreman, s/o Leonard James Link Sr. & Mrs. Snow Musselman Link

Roxobel & Kelford Cem., NC

Baughan

Ernestine White

41

 

 

 

8

8

1973

8/16/1973

14

 

Hebrew Cem., Greensboro, NC

Leinwand

Hyman

52

 

 

 

8

9

1973

8/16/1973

3

h/o Helen Berlin

Forest Lawn

Montgrain

Sara Alice Butler

64

 

 

 

8

 

1973

8/16/1973

14

d/o David Allen & Martha Jane White Butler

Greensville Mem.

Delbridge

Thomas Edward

87

5

11

1886

8

15

1973

8/23/1973

10

h/o Susie Emory

Antioch Church

Felts

Essie Kitchen

80

 

 

 

8

10

1973

8/23/1973

14

w/o Hugh B., d/o Charlie & Maggie Patridge Kitchen

Beechwood Cem, Boykins, VA

Draper

Lucian Felton

91

4

30

1892

8

18

1973

8/30/1973

11

s/o Andrew Jackson & Maggie Conner, h/o katherine Francis

Peninsula Mem. Park, Newport News

Dunn

Lynwood Slade Sr.

 

 

 

 

8

 

1973

8/30/1973

7

s/o Mrs. James H. Dunn

Not Listed

Sparling

Mary Person

77

 

 

 

8

27

1973

8/30/1973

15

d/o Junius E. & Minnia Person, w/o Harold J.

Drewryville Cem.

Downs

William David

29

 

 

 

9

1

1973

9/6/1973

2

h/o Diane Gaskins, s/o Gene Downs

Drewryville Cem.

Gaskins

Walter Layton

52

 

 

 

9

1

1973

9/6/1973

2

h/o Erma Lee Harris

Greensville Mem.

Robbins

Tiny

 

9

1

1902

8

29

1973

9/6/1973

2

w/o Leon C.

Severn Cem., NC

Daniels

Allen Mae

85

 

 

 

9

3

1973

9/13/1973

10

h/o Nettie Stokes, s/o James & Ferbie

Not Listed (cremated)

Elliott

Walter Boothman

76

 

 

 

9

9

1973

9/13/1973

2

h/o Daisy Smith

Not Listed

Henley

Earle E. Jr., Rev.

52

 

 

 

8

29

1973

9/13/1973

1

 

Bermuda Mem. Park, Hopewell, VA

Jarratt

Hugh E. Jr.

30

6

5

1943

9

9

1973

9/13/1973

17

h/o Elizabeth Goodrich

Emporia

Lashley

Ethel Gilliam

67

2

23

1905

9

7

1973

9/13/1973

2

 

Greensville Mem.

Parson

James Alexander

58

2

1

1915

9

10

1973

9/13/1973

2

h/o Frances Shell Parson, s/o Eva Buckner Parson

Emporia

Braswell

George Wilbur

61

 

 

 

9

16

1973

9/20/1973

12

h/o Lillie Patterson

Greensville Mem.

Pair

Lillie Mitchell

55

11

13

1916

9

21

1973

9/27/1973

12

w/o Thomas W.

High Hills Cem.

Shay

Vertie Thomas

 

 

 

 

9

22

1973

9/27/1973

14

w/o W. N.

Independence U. M. Ch.

Sadler

Younger Owen Sr.

54

9

12

1919

9

27

1973

10/4/1973

14

h/o Katherine Lundy

High Hills Cem.

Warf

Hattie E.

82

 

 

 

9

22

1973

10/4/1973

2

w/o Claude S.

Peninsula Mem. Park, Newport News

Hodge

Mary Barwick

86

 

 

 

10

8

1973

10/11/1973

10

w/o Jarrett A.

Oak Grove Cem., Northampton Co., NC

Moss

David Leonard

73

 

 

 

10

9

1973

10/11/1973

10

 

Southaven Mem. Park, Prince George Co.

Poarch

James Wharton

 

 

 

 

10

8

1973

10/11/1973

7

h/o Clara May Powell

Round Hill U. M. Ch.

Wyche

Ernest Riddick

 

 

 

 

10

8

1973

10/11/1973

10

h/o Margaret A.

Independence U. M. CH.

Bowen

Waverly Wilfred

56

10

25

1910

10

16

1973

10/18/1973

11

s/o Mrs. Martha Mitchell Bowen (tombstone has death as the 15th)

Emporia

Hausler

Hattie Rosa

74

10

1

1899

10

14

1973

10/18/1973

11

 

Emporia

Jones

Ida Dromgoole

 

7

10

1884

10

12

1973

10/18/1973

11

d/o Andrew Soule & Rebecca Sims Jones

Emporia

Klotz

Doris Cochran

 

1

15

1904

10

13

1973

10/18/1973

11

w/o Charles Dolese

Emporia

Parsons

Eva Buckner

86

12

27

1886

10

10

1973

10/18/1973

11

w/o John H. Sr.

Fairview Cem.

Portis

Harry Lee 

66

 

 

 

10

 

1973

10/18/1973

11

 

Capron Cem.

Grizzard

Hugh Swanson

 

 

 

 

10

16

1973

10/25/1973

12

 

Union RZUA Ch., Norlina, NC

Russell

Nellie Davis

 

 

 

 

10

 

1973

10/25/1973

12

 

East Aurora, NY

Davis

Louise Whitaker

 

7

22

1910

10

23

1973

11/1/1973

12

 

Emporia

Faison

Edward Marvin "Pete"

54

7

8

1919

10

28

1973

11/1/1973

12

 

Philadelphia U. M. Ch, Lawrenceville, VA

Taylor

Essie Phillips

78

 

 

 

10

26

1973

11/1/1973

12

w/o James Henry

Grace Episcopal Ch.

Abernathy

Lillian Stone

 

 

 

 

11

7

1973

11/15/1973

9

 

Blandford Cem., Petersburg, VA

Clements

Judson Ellis

 

 

 

 

11

 

1973

11/15/1973

12

s/o Lena Woodruff & Benjamin Franklin, h/o Eunice Tipton

Capron Cem.

Williams

Lena Griffin

94

 

 

 

11

16

1973

11/22/1973

10

w/o Luther P.

Capron Cem.

Barnes

Carrie Bryant

75

 

 

 

11

22

1973

11/29/1973

11

w/o Joseph Barnes

Greensville Mem.

Sopko

Paul James

63

1

16

1910

11

21

1973

11/29/1973

11

h/o Lucy Mae Roach

Not Listed

Braswell

Bessie Sumner

73

 

 

 

11

28

1973

12/6/1973

10

w/o Robert T.

Independence U. M. Ch.

Floyd

Lessie Poarch

82

7

10

1891

11

30

1973

12/13/1973

12

w/o Marcellus L.

Greensville Mem.

Holmes

Woodrow Wilson

61

 

 

1912

12

16

1973

12/20/1973

8

h/o Carolyn Fountain

Round Hill U. M. Ch.

Morgan

Mary Etta, Miss

87

10

17

1886

12

12

1973

12/20/1973

8

 

 

This index was created by a member of the Greensville County Genealogical Society from issues of newspapers on file at the Greensville County Library.