Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, Edwin W., 1957 

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EDWIN WILLIAM BEALE, SR.

EDWIN W. BEALE, SR.

   Funeral services for Edwin William Beale, Sr., 71, who died Saturday, July 
13, in Raiford Memorial Hospital, Franklin, were conducted Monday at 4 p.m. in 
the chapel of the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home.  Rev. G.C. Crutchfield, 
pastor of Mt. Carmel Christian Church, and Rev. Tucker G. Humphries, pastor of 
the Franklin Congregational Christian Church, officiated. 

   Mr. Beale, a farmer of the Isle of Wight community, was the husband of Mrs. 
Eva Gay Beale of Zuni, and the son of the late James and Mrs. Nettie Roberts 
Beale of Southampton County. He was a member of Mt. Carmel Christian Church and 
its missionary circle, and was a former deacon. He was also a member of the 
Walters Ruritan Club. 

   In addition to his wife he is survived by a son, Edwin William Beale, Jr., 
of Franklin; two grandchildren, Edwin W. Beale, 3rd, and James Andrew Beale, 
both of Franklin; three brothers, Otis Beale of Greensboro, N.C., E.L. Beale of 
South Norfolk and Guy R. Beale of Norfolk; a sister, Mrs. Oretha Beale Lefellar 
of South Norfolk; and nieces and nephews. 

   Burial was in the Mt. Carmel Church Cemetery, and active pallbearers were 
S.M. Joyner, Sherman Johnson, Frank Johnson, Taylor Holland, Julian Carr, 
Jasper Carr, Dr. Henry L. Gardner, Jr., and Lonnie L. Carr. 

[Edwin William Beale, Sr. is buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Annex 3, Plot 41 
 with the rest of his family and not in Mt. Carmel Church Cemetery.] 

[Edwin William BEALE, d. 13 Jul 1957, age 71, obituary, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 18 Jul 1957] 

[file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.]