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John Thomas “Johnnie” Edwards

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John Thomas “Johnnie” Edwards

Birth
Death
26 Nov 1911 (aged 40)
Franklin City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Franklin, Franklin City, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.683661, Longitude: -76.9309539
Plot
15B Section 1 (oldest section)
Memorial ID
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age 40;

oldest child of John Wesley & Rosella (Rosa) Gilliam Edwards; brother of adjacent unmarked 2 graves Annie L. & Lucy J. Edwards;

married 1-14-1894 in Franklin VA by Rev.J.L.McCutcheon;
(p.122 Book 8 Southampton County VA Marriage Register);

grandson of John W. & Charlotte Griffin Edwards, & Thomas & Winnie Whitley Gilliam (per John Wesley & Rosella Gilliam Edwards Marriage Record, p.418 Book 1A Southampton County VA);

farm manager for James Leonidas Camp, Sr.
(#127563778 / 1857-1915)


age 40;

oldest child of John Wesley & Rosella (Rosa) Gilliam Edwards; brother of adjacent unmarked 2 graves Annie L. & Lucy J. Edwards;

married 1-14-1894 in Franklin VA by Rev.J.L.McCutcheon;
(p.122 Book 8 Southampton County VA Marriage Register);

grandson of John W. & Charlotte Griffin Edwards, & Thomas & Winnie Whitley Gilliam (per John Wesley & Rosella Gilliam Edwards Marriage Record, p.418 Book 1A Southampton County VA);

farm manager for James Leonidas Camp, Sr.
(#127563778 / 1857-1915)


Inscription


WOODMEN OF THE WORLD monument -
one of local area's fewest and most distinctive tree trunk sculptured tombstones (see this recorder's Virtual Cemetery of Woodmen Of The World monuments);

round fraternal emblem at top centered with raised tree stump and DUM TACET CLAMAT (Latin for "though silent, he speaks") encircled with WOODMEN OF THE WORLD MEMORIAL;

upper limb stubs symbolize life cut short;
lower ivy vines represent protected supported family; lily at base center signifies new eternal life

footstone - J T E



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