Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rawls, Martha Jane Holland, 1919 

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MARTHA JANE HOLLAND RAWLS

DEATH OF MRS. MARTHA J. RAWLS

   Mrs. Martha J. Rawls died at her home here yesterday morning at 3 o'clock in 
her eighty-seventh year. Mrs. Rawls was one of Franklin's oldest inhabitants 
and had lived a long and useful life in the town and community.  She was a 
noble Christian character, a member of the Primitive Baptist Church and one of 
the few remaining members of Old South Quay Church. 

   She is survived by one son, W.B. Rawls, and by three daughters, Mrs. E.A. 
Dillon, Mrs. Mamie R. Thigpen and Mrs. S.B. Savage all of this town, besides 
several grandchildren and a wide circle of friends. 

   The funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at four o'clock from 
her late residence by Elder Sylvester Hassell of Williamston, N.C. her pastor 
and life-ling friend.  Interment will be made in Poplar Spring cemetery. 


[Mrs. Martha Jane (Holland) Rawls, d. 13 Mar 1919, age 87, obituary, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), obit dated 14 Mar 1919, p. 1] 

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