Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Lillian A. Saunders, 1951 

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LILLIAN ALBERTA SAUNDERS SMITH

   Mrs. Lillian Saunders Smith, widow of Woodie Edward Smith of Franklin, died 
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Lockhart, of Columbia, S.C., 
on Thursday morning, September 13, after an illness of many months.

   Mrs. Smith was the daughter of the late James Thomas and Sarah Olethia 
Holland Saunders of Nansemond County. She had been a resident of Franklin since 
1912 and was on a visit with her daughter when taken ill in April of this year.

   Besides her daughter she is survived by one son, Lyle S. Smith of Franklin, 
two grandchildren, Robert S. Lockhart, 3rd and Woodie Edward Smith 2d; one 
sister, Mrs. Agnes L. Parrish of Crestview, Fla.; and a number of nieces and 
nephews.

   Mrs. Smith was brought to Franklin for interment. Funeral services were held 
at the graveside in Poplar Spring Cemetery Saturday morning at 11 o’clock with 
Rev. R.D. Stephenson officiating, assisted by Rev. W.A. Grissom. Joel Holland 
sang "The Way Of The Cross Leads Home."

   Active pallbearers were Dr. J.P. Broaddus, Raymond Hayes, L.C. Johnson, 
Leigh W. Johnson, Dr. Darden Jones, and Dr. T.A. Morgan.

   Honorary pallbearers were John Beale, G.E. Benton, Edgar Jackson, Emerson 
Jones, W. Tall Jones, C.C. Vaughan, 3d, and George Watkins.


[Lillian Alberta (SAUNDERS; Mrs. Woodie E.) SMITH, d. 13 Sep 1951, Columbia, SC, 
 interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, 15 Sep 1951, 
 "The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), obit dated 28 Sep 1951] 

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