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Index of Obituaries Published in
The Independent- Messenger Newspaper, Greensville Co., VA
1974

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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

Grizzard Family Cem., Southampton Co., VA

Bittle

Richard Wright

73

7

13

1900

12

26

1973

1/3/1974

10

 

Beechwood Cem, Boykins, VA

Dunlow

Ralph

65

 

 

 

12

22

1973

1/3/1974

8

h/o Ruth Edwards

Emporia

Everette

Emmett Kermit

49

3

17

1924

12

19

1973

1/3/1974

10

h/o Mae Harris

Independence Utd. Methodist Ch.

Sadler

H. M., Sr. (Herman)

58

1

26

1915

12

28

1973

1/3/1974

1

h/o Maiborne Barnes

Capron Cem.

Thompson

Bessie Pope

68

 

 

 

12

28

1973

1/3/1974

10

w/o Clarence L.

Greenwood Cem.

Bryant

James B.

76

 

 

 

12

31

1973

1/10/1974

10

 

Greensville Mem.

Pearson

Marvin Lewis

56

2

16

1917

1

4

1974

1/10/1974

8

s/o Fletcher A.

North Carolina

Tillar

Liddie

 

3

3

1883

12

23

1973

1/10/1974

8

 

Emporia

Bradley

James W. (Willard)

64

3

27

1909

1

13

1974

1/17/1974

10

h/o Bessie S.

Greensville Mem.

Bradley

Jessie Benjmain

57

8

26

1916

1

10

1974

1/17/1974

10

h/o Blanche Phillips

Greensville Mem.

Buckner

Charlie Andrew

55

10

15

1918

1

10

1974

1/17/1974

10

h/o Elizabeth Edwards

Emporia (burial not listed in Obit)

Brown

Fred Howard

53

7

19

1920

1

19

1974

1/24/1974

7

s/o Mrs. Vera H. Brown

Not Listed

Faison

Donnell

18

 

 

 

1

 

1974

1/24/1974

3

 

Merritt Family

Merritt

L. Nora (Elnora)

 

10

22

1908

1

19

1974

1/24/1974

1

 

Emporia

Van Dyke

Virgil Leroy

68

4

12

1905

1

19

1974

1/24/1974

8

h/o Elaine Finch

Emporia

Tillar

Pinkie Mason, Miss

83

6

10

1896

1

30

1974

1/31/1974

3

d/o Peter Brooks & Annie Temperance Mason Tillar

Mt. Vernon Bapt Ch

Harris

Maude Cook

63

 

 

 

1

30

1974

2/7/1974

10

w/o Lawrence L.

Corinth U. M. CH.

Spiers

Mattie Susie, Miss

77

 

 

 

2

6

1974

2/7/1974

11

 

Peninsula Mem. Park, Newport News, VA

Hodge

Roy Dean Sr.

52

 

 

 

2

3

1974

2/14/1974

10

h/o Audrey T.

Emporia

Wyche

Margaret Omohundro

77

9

16

1896

2

7

1974

2/14/1974

12

w/o Benjamin W. Jr.

Independence Utd. Meth. Ch.

Floyd

William Luther

50

6

10

1923

2

20

1974

2/21/1974

8

h/o Bettie Lynch

Emporia

Palmer

Rena Tunstall

85

7

7

1888

2

13

1974

2/21/1974

12

w/o Fitzhugh Lee Sr.

Emporia

Paytas

Esta Hitchens

71

8

15

1903

2

16

1974

2/21/1974

12

w/o Michael

New Bern, NC

Taylor

Norfleet Henry

75

11

2

1898

2

15

1974

2/28/1974

12

s/o Richard Henry & Bettiw Sue (Hill) Taylor, h/o Agnes Conner

Asbury Cem., McKinney, VA

Bain

Sallie Rainey

92

 

 

 

3

 

1974

3/7/1974

13

 

Sharon Memorial Park, NC

Cato

Wayland Henry

 

 

 

 

3

 

1974

3/7/1974

10

h/o Juanita Clontz

Emporia

Allen

Frank Richard

71

3

31

1902

3

12

1974

3/14/1974

17

h/o Lucy Collins

Emporia

Cline

Nannie Coleman

94

9

13

1879

3

6

1974

3/14/1974

10

w/o George W.

Meadowbrook Mem. Garden

Gilliam

James Wesley

71

 

 

 

3

6

1974

3/14/1974

10

h/o Mary Ellen Driver

Greensville Mem.

Harrell

Mattie Jarratt

76

12

6

1897

3

10

1974

3/14/1974

17

w/o Joseph Bryan Sr.

Greensville Mem.

Johnson

William Henry

62

4

20

1911

3

12

1974

3/14/1974

17

h/o Lillie Porter

Capron Cem.

Joyner

Thomas Jackson Sr.

88

 

 

 

3

12

1974

3/14/1974

17

 

Not Listed

McHatton

Gary Devon

19

 

 

 

3

 

1974

3/14/1974

3

 

Greensville Mem.

Turner

Joseph Lee

64

11

10

1909

3

21

1974

3/28/1974

10

h/o Josephine Sopko

Greensville Mem.

Hope

Oscar James

53

 

 

 

3

30

1974

4/4/1974

12

 

Round Hill U. M. Ch.

Powell

Louise Jordan

88

 

 

1886

4

1

1974

4/4/1974

13

 

High Hills Cem.

Cole

Luna Wiley

85

 

 

 

4

 

1974

4/11/1974

12

w/o John C.

Zion Baptist Ch.

Collins

Nora Lee Shell

57

6

20

1916

4

9

1974

4/11/1974

6

w/o Richard F.

St. Andrews U. M. Ch.

Faison

Pearl Rowell

88

6

4

1885

4

5

1974

4/11/1974

6

w/o Robert Benjamin

Greensville Mem.

Harris

Etta Powell

86

3

18

1888

4

5

1974

4/11/1974

6

w/o Hubert Bruce

Bluestone Cem, Clarksville, VA

Wesson

Edith Moore

54

 

 

 

4

 

1974

4/11/1974

6

w/o Lawrence W.

Not Listed

White

Hugh Vernon

79

6

17

1894

4

 

1974

4/11/1974

6 & 7

 

Emporia

Brittle

Stella Goodwyn

90

6

10

1883

4

10

1974

4/18/1974

9

w/o Eugene W.

Round Hill U. M. Ch.

Collins

Arthur Warren

82

11

13

1891

4

16

1974

4/18/1974

9

 

Robinson Family

Gettier

Vista Robinson

54

 

 

 

4

13

1974

4/18/1974

9

w/o Straughan L.

Emporia

Green

Floyd Edward

35

6

29

1938

4

14

1974

4/18/1974

9

h/o Frances Holt

Mt. Vernon Bapt Ch

Pair

Stella Clack

94

 

 

 

4

17

1974

4/18/1974

9

 

LaCrosse Cem.

Tayloe

Nina Pittman

65

 

 

 

4

14

1974

4/18/1974

9

 

Emporia

Vick

Wilbur Lawrence

73

9

15

1900

4

12

1974

4/18/1974

9

h/o Sadie Read

Welcome Grove Bapt Ch., Warsaw, VA

Northern

Benjamin F.

88

 

 

 

4

6

1974

4/25/1974

10

 

Roderfield Cem., Roderfield, VA

Phillips

Virginia Jackson

56

 

 

 

4

17

1974

4/25/1974

10

 

Fountain Creek

Allen

Carrie Taylor

78

2

4

1896

4

27

1974

5/2/1974

11

w/o Bernie Beck

Greensville Mem.

Doyle

William Rudolph

50

 

 

1924

4

27

1974

5/2/1974

11

h/o Doris Ogburn

Ceadarwood, Roanoke Rapids, NC

Johnson

Marvin Payne

47

 

 

 

4

27

1974

5/2/1974

11

h/o Lilly Cannon

St Andrews Episcopal CH., Lawrenceville, VA

Price

Mrs. Thomas Brooks (Margaret "Maggie" Shepard)

91

 

 

 

4

23

1974

5/2/1974

13

w/o Thomas Brooks

Forest Lawn

Barrett

Thedro Jefferson Jr.

44

2

27

1930

5

 

1974

5/9/1974

10

h/o Lois Jones

Emporia

Johnson

Kathryn Grigg

20

11

9

1953

5

7

1974

5/16/1974

15

w/o Kenneth Wayne

Emporia

Moore

Fannie Collins

96

4

11

1889

5

14

1974

5/16/1974

3

w/o Willie C.

Emporia

Wills

Margaret Kelly

63

11

29

1910

5

11

1974

5/16/1974

15

w/o J. Bernard

Greensville Mem.

Matthews

Hazel Wimberly

 

7

15

1900

5

18

1974

5/23/1974

30

w/o James Lewis Matthews

Greensville Mem.

Mitchell

James Russell

61

4

6

1913

5

20

1974

5/23/1974

30

h/o Pattie Faison

Owen Family Cem. Jarratt, VA

Owen

Cecil Debrile

86

 

 

 

5

19

1974

5/23/1974

30

 

Greensville Mem.

Rock

Lillian Faison

 

11

19

1908

5

18

1974

5/23/1974

30

w/o Claude B. Rock Sr.

Not listed

Williams

Claude

30

 

 

 

5

 

1974

5/23/1974

30

 

Beechwood Cem, Boykins, VA

Johnson

Joseph Benjamin Sr.

80

 

 

 

5

 

1974

5/30/1974

13

h/o Sallie Morris

Emporia

Tomlinson

Stella Bailey

73

11

9

1900

5

25

1974

5/30/1974

10

w/o James B.

Oakwood Cem., Richmond, VA

Colgin

Margaret Blayton

 

 

 

 

6

2

1974

6/6/1974

10

w/o Walter E.

Emporia

Southall

James Holman Jr.

64

12

30

1909

6

2

1974

6/6/1974

10

h/o Ruby Beale

High Hills Cem.

Brown

James David, Sr.

 

 

 

 

6

9

1974

6/13/1974

12

h/o Alverda R.

Greensville Mem.

Dunn

Henry Clay

69

 

 

 

6

7

1974

6/13/1974

12

h/o Marie Berger

Not Listed

Parham

Alberta Webb

 

 

 

 

6

3

1974

6/13/1974

12

w/o Eddie

Zion Baptist Ch.

Lynch

Clara Jane

77

 

 

1896

6

14

1974

6/20/1974

9

w/o Grief H.

Greensville Mem.

Newsome

Frances R.

53

4

24

1921

6

11

1974

6/20/1974

9

d/o Wm Thomas Sr. & Pattie Thorpe Newsome

Oak Grove U. M. Ch., Gaston NC

Norwood

Mattie Lee

49

 

 

 

6

 

1974

6/20/1974

9

w/o Leroy C.

Independence Utd. Meth. Ch.

Allen

Dennis Monroe

15

2

10

1959

6

19

1974

6/28/1974

12

s/o Robert E.

Independence U. M. Ch.

Allen

Thomas Edward

15

9

7

1958

6

19

1974

6/28/1974

12

s/o Thomas Edward Sr. & Mary Woodruff Cordle

Greensville Mem.

Coley

Paul S

65

1

20

1909

6

23

1974

6/28/1974

12

 

Peninsula Mem. Park Newport News, VA

Faison

William Virgil

64

 

 

 

6

19

1974

6/28/1974

12

h/o Janie J.

Round Hill U. M. Ch.

Beatty

Allen During

70

11

24

1903

6

26

1974

7/4/1974

12

h/o Effie Harrison, s/o Wm Franklin & Annie Moore

Mt. Vernon Bapt Ch

Butler

Robert Arthur

69

 

 

 

7

1

1974

7/11/1974

11

h/o Susie Mitchell

Zion Baptist Ch.

Gordon

Howard Fisher

63

7

27

1910

7

4

1974

7/11/1974

11

h/o Margie Bryant

Emporia

Jones

Shirley Hawks

47

10

23

1927

7

4

1974

7/11/1974

11

w/o Luther Abbitt

Halifax Mem. Gardens

Edens

Madeleine Ellsworth

77

 

 

 

7

16

1974

7/18/1974

9

 

Greensville Mem.

Rose

James B. Sr.

76

11

14

1897

7

16

1974

7/18/1974

9

h/o Alma Powell

Emporia

White

Kathleen Hartman Tunstall

84

8

18

1889

7

3

1974

7/18/1974

9

w/o Dr. Burnley W.

Round Hill U. M. Ch.

Walker

Addie Cato

 

 

 

 

7

13

1974

7/25/1974

11

d/o Junius D. & Etta Belle Cato Walker

Glen Haven Cem., Winter Park, FL

Long

Donna Marie Harding

 

 

 

 

7

23

1974

8/1/1974

13

 

Greensville Mem.

Mitchell

Clarence Wilson (Sampson)

48

4

16

1926

7

28

1974

8/1/1974

13

h/o Frances Edwards

Capron Cem.

Ellis

Katherine Smith

78

 

 

 

7

30

1974

8/8/1974

12

w/o Percy L.

Cumbia Fam., Broadnax, VA

Michael

Dessie Cumbia

82

 

 

 

8

4

1974

8/8/1974

12

w/o William H.

Emporia

Grizzard

Jefferson Davis

85

7

4

1889

8

14

1974

8/22/1974

10

IM (h/o Mary Lucy Carpenter, s/o Thomas Letcher & Rosa)

Riverside Cem., Courtland, VA

Covington

Lewis E., Col

90

 

 

 

8

26

1974

8/29/1974

10

 

North Carolina

Poole

Arthur R. Sr.

 

 

 

 

8

26

1974

8/29/1974

10

h/o Alice C.

Beechwood Cem, Boykins, VA

Spencer

Charles Percy

91

 

 

 

8

27

1974

8/29/1974

10

 

Emporia

Tomlinson

Franson

52

3

28

1922

8

23

1974

8/29/1974

10

h/o Bernice Moss

Emporia

Wilson

Benjmain Franklin

76

4

9

1898

8

23

1974

8/29/1974

10

h/o Virginia Newsome

Southlawn, Coshocton

Crowthers

Gerald W.

56

 

 

 

8

 

1974

9/5/1974

9

s/o Abraham E. & Rachel Belle Donaker, h/o Hattie Belle Bendall

Emporia

Jones

C. Clyde (Charlie)

 

8

13

1905

9

1

1974

9/5/1974

10

h/o Thelma Darden

Emporia (not listed in obit)

Schumacher

Frances Harrell (Moody)

 

7

28

1926

8

29

1974

9/5/1974

10

w/o Thomas F.

Greensville Mem.

Ham

Sallie Gordon

30

 

 

1943

9

9

1974

9/12/1974

10

w/o C. W.

Emporia

Kei

Bessie Matchka

84

2

6

1890

9

14

1974

9/19/1974

10

w/o Vendel

Southlawn Mem Park, Petersburg, VA

Denny

Mary Lee

63

 

 

 

9

11

1974

9/26/1974

14

d/o Mary & Harold Lee w/o Charles L.

Greensville Mem.

Taylor

Nell Bass

63

10

20

1910

9

20

1974

9/26/1974

12

w/o Nathaniel B.

Antioch Bapt Ch. 

Williams

Grace Parker

79

 

 

 

9

20

1974

9/26/1974

14

w/o Joel Crawford

Greensville Mem.

Janski

Paul Jacob

79

1

12

1895

10

1

1974

10/3/1974

16

h/o Rose Wiener

Ceadarwood, Roanoke Rapids, NC

Rook

Allie Virginia (infant)

 

 

 

 

10

 

1974

10/3/1974

16

d/o M/M James Rook

Family Cem., Beaver Springs, PA

Bugnand

Marius Antoine Jr.

52

 

 

 

9

26

1974

10/10/1974

12

s/o Marius Sr. & Gertrude

Zion Baptist Ch.

Collins

Mary Elizabeth

88

9

2

1886

10

4

1974

10/10/1974

12

w/o Edward "Budd"

Forest Lawn

Hudson

Marsha K.

 

 

 

 

10

 

1974

10/17/1974

15

w/o Charles S.

Forest Hill, Farmville, NC

Murphrey

Willis Everette Jr., Dr.

77

 

 

 

10

 

1974

10/17/1974

16

 

Field Methodist Ch. (near Boydton)

Rogers

Jessie Thompson

 

 

 

 

10

13

1974

10/17/1974

16

w/o Walter L.

Emporia

Gay

George Russell Jr.

 

6

13

1941

10

19

1974

10/24/1974

3

 

Mt. Vernon Bapt Ch

Seward

Edna Kirkland

73

 

 

 

10

20

1974

10/24/1974

18

w/o Joseph Cullen

Independence U. M. Ch.

Allen

James Thomas

 

 

 

1890

10

26

1974

10/31/1974

12

h/o Gracie Dean Pair

Fountain Creek

Robinson

Jeanie Cowie

82

 

 

 

10

28

1974

10/31/1974

12

w/o James Parker

Independence U. M. Ch.

Allen

Eunice Newsome

81

 

 

 

11

1

1974

11/7/1974

12

w/o William "Sam" M.

Emporia

Butler

Edwin Norwood

17

9

5

1957

11

 

1974

11/7/1974

12

s/o Rosa Clarke Powell

Emporia

Crawford

Barbara A.

36

8

14

1938

11

6

1974

11/14/1974

12

w/o James W.

Emporia

Joyner

Benjamin Randolph

56

11

16

1917

11

10

1974

11/14/1974

12

 

Beaver Hill Cem.

Culpepper

Rosa Treadway

79

 

 

 

11

 

1974

11/21/1974

8

w/o G. P.

Greensville Mem.

Tudor

Fort Moses

65

9

29

1909

11

17

1974

11/21/1974

8

h/o Bertha Anderton

Emporia

Clark

Charlie Solon

85

2

18

1889

11

23

1974

11/28/1974

14

h/o Susie Gill

Grace Episcopal Ch.

Grant

Elizabeth "Bess"

 

3

22

1899

11

19

1974

11/28/1974

11

d/o George A & Ruth V. Wilkins Lyzotte, w/o C. H.

Emporia

Johnson

Trixie Hattie, Miss

 

5

12

1903

11

20

1974

11/28/1974

1 & 7

d/o Samuel Henry & Hattie Gordon Johnson (incl photo)

Winfield Cem, Near Stoney Creek, VA

Winfield

Stanley Tillman

 

 

 

 

11

14

1974

11/28/1974

11

s/o Eva Hardaway & Samuel, h/o Grace

Independence U. M. Ch.

Bowen

Francis (Frank) Parker Sr.

56

10

6

1918

11

26

1974

12/5/1974

9

h/o Fannie Lundy

Macedonia

Cain

Hollie

95

4

10

1879

11

22

1974

12/5/1974

9

w/o Peter

Fishing Creek Cem., NC

Dickens

Margie Pendergrass

 

 

 

 

11

26

1974

12/5/1974

9

w/o Richard D.

Seventh Day Adventist Ch., Yale, VA

Remorenko

Olga, Miss

56

 

 

 

11

29

1974

12/5/1974

9

d/o Rosa D.

Emporia

Cato

Wilfred Rivers

65

7

26

1909

12

4

1974

12/12/1974

12

h/o Martha Vincent

Emporia

Lynch

Lucy Hubbard

77

5

12

1897

12

4

1974

12/12/1974

12

 

Zion Baptist Ch.

Morris

Edward (Ed) Thomas

83

 

 

1891

12

7

1974

12/12/1974

12

h/o Kate Jean

Riverhurst Cem., Endicott, NY

Neuscher

Adolph Friedrich

 

8

1

1898

12

10

1974

12/12/1974

12

h/o Maude

Emporia

Thomason

Alice Newsome

80

10

16

1894

12

5

1974

12/12/1974

12

w/o James W.

Emporia

Kee

Aubrey Green

71

2

18

1903

12

14

1974

12/19/1974

10

h/o Frances Bailey

Greensville Mem.

Lynch

Hattie White

69

 

 

1905

12

12

1974

12/19/1974

10

w/o Pink M.

Emporia

Powell

Charlie Wrenn

71

 

 

1903

12

13

1974

12/19/1974

10

h/o Blanche Spence

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