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Mrs. John T. Compton
A funeral service for Mrs. Mary Frances Compton was held Wednesday at Geest Funeral Chapel, the Rev. Charles Kindred officiating. Burial followed in Washington Masonic Cemetery at Washington, Va.
Mrs. Compton, of 313 Parkland Place, S. E. Washington, D. C. died September 2, 1968 at her residence. She was the widow of John T. Compton and daughter of the late William Bowen and the late Lucy Critzer Bowen and was a former resident of Rixeyville.
Survivors include one daughter Miss Anna Compton of Washington, D. C. and a nephew Charlie Compton of Amissville.
George W. Atkins
George Washington Atkins, 93, of Luray died Monday August 26, 1968 at the Page Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for the past four months.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday from the Bradley Funeral Home Chapel and interment was in Beahm’s Chapel Cemetery, Rappahannock.
He was bom March 17, 1875 in Rappahannock County and was the son of the late George W. and Mary E. Jenkins Atkins. He was a member of Morning Star Lutheran Church and a retired stone mason. Surviving are three sons, Carlton E. Atkins of Sperryville, Frank Atkins of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and Gaylon Atkins of Luray; seven daughters, Mrs. Ethel Clater and Catherine Brown both of Sperryville, Mrs. Marie Bruce, Mrs. Estelle Leake, Mrs. Edna Oliver, Mrs. Virginia Campbell and Mrs. Mae Long all of Luray. Two brothers, Clifford and Harry Atkins of Luray one aster, Mrs. Kate Judd of Elkins, N. C., 32 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
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