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Virgie Ray Edwards

Virgie Ray Edwards[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Female 1913 - 1994  (80 years)

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  • Name Virgie Ray Edwards 
    Born 15 Nov 1913  Rocky Mount, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 5 Feb 1994  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Motley Family Cemetery, Franklin County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2091  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2023 

    Father Charles Ernest Edwards,   b. 1883, Penhook, Franklin Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Cordye Fannie [Cordelia Frances] Ferguson,   b. 1888, Penhook, Franklin Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F5574  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Paul Ernest Motley,   b. 22 Oct 1914, Franklin County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1970, Guilford Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 2 Nov 1961  Guilford, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2016 
    Family ID F5573  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Death Certificate-Paul Ernest Motley
    Death Certificate-Paul Ernest Motley
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    Delayed Birth Record-Virgie Ray Edwards
    Delayed Birth Record-Virgie Ray Edwards
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    Marriage Record-Virgie Ray Edwards to Paul Ernest Motley
    Marriage Record-Virgie Ray Edwards to Paul Ernest Motley
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    Headstone Virgie Motley (nee Edwards)
    Headstone Virgie Motley (nee Edwards)
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    Headstones
    Headstone Virgie Motley (nee Edwards)
    Headstone Virgie Motley (nee Edwards)
    hsVirgieMotley(neeEdwards).jpg

  • Notes 
    • Parents: Charlie E. Edwards and Cordye F. Ferguson (as per SS Application)
    • OBIT- MOTLEY, VERGIE EDWARDS

      Roanoke Times, The (VA) - Sunday, February 6, 1994

      MOTLEY, Vergie Edwards, 80, of Rocky Mount, died Saturday, February 5, 1994 at the local hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband Paul E. Motley and a son Carlton E. Motley. Surviving are five daughters and sons-in-law, Louise and Curtis Washburn, Penhook, Betty and Carl Payne, Jamestown, N.C., Paulette and Alfred Williams, McLeansville, N.C., Joyce and Roger Yates, Kernesville, N.C., Donna and Daniel Mounce, Martinsville; two sons and three daughters-in-law, Virgil and Linda Motley, Salem, Toney and Regina Motley, Glade Hill, Margaret K. Motley, Rocky Mount; 20 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law and husbands, Nannie and Robert Hawkins, Rocky Mount, Lucy and Clayborne Haynes, Rocky Mount. Funeral services will be conducted Monday 2 p.m. in Flora Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Berlin Hanks and the Rev. Glenn Voss officiating. Interment will follow in the Motley Family Cemetery. Friends may call at Flora Funeral Service after 3:30 p.m. Sunday where the family will be from 7 to 9 p.m. and at other times at the home of Louise and Curtis Washburn. Flora Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  • Sources 
    1. [S100] Internet Source, http://redclayroots.com/family-history/search-our-database/jt-0-b-5/5!I15107.
      Paul Earnest MOTLEY
      Birth: 22 Oct 1914 in Franklin County, Virginia
      Death: 04 Feb 1970 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC

      Married Virgie Edwards shown on Death Certificate

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42583351.
      Vergie Ray Edwards Motley
      Birth: 15 Nov 1913
      Franklin City, Virginia
      Death: 5 Feb 1994 (aged 80)
      Franklin City, Virginia
      Burial: Motley Family Cemetery
      Franklin County, Virginia

    3. [S48] Ancestry Link, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=Numident&h=23476375&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&rhSource=9278.
      Social Security Applications-Claims for Virgie Edwards Motley

    4. [S36] Birth Certificate, Virgie Ray Edwards.

    5. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, Virgie Ray Edwards to Paul E. Motley.