Vernon Edward Rawls

  General Notes:

The 1900 Federal Census for Virginia, Nansemond Co., Cypress, District 24, page 48B/49A, dated June 2, 1900 records Edwin S. (June 1837) and Cornelia (March 1847) Rawls with children Ava (April 1875), and Vernon E. (March 1879).

Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Name: Vernon Edward Rawls
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Date: 1878
Marriage Date: 26 Dec 1901
Marriage Place: Nansemond County, Virginia
Father: Edwin S. Rawls
Mother: Cornelia K.
Spouse: Ava Song Turner
FHL Film Number: 2048463

Name: Ava Song Turner
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Birth Date: 1874
Marriage Date: 26 Dec 1901
Marriage Place: Nansemond County, Virginia
Father: Zachary Turner
Mother: Bettie
Spouse: Vernon Edward Rawls
FHL Film Number: 2048463


The 1910 Federal Census for the Cypress Chapel District, Nansemond Co.,Virginia, District 9, page 52A, dated April 16, 1910 records V. E. (32 - NC/VA/VA) and Ada (34 - VA/VA/VA) Rawles with children Thelma (6), Ruby (4), and Edward (2) farming along Somerton Road. Vernon and Ava have been married for 8 years and have had 3 children.

The WWI Draft Registration Card for Vernon Edward Rawls dated April 12, 1918 taken is Suffolk, VA records his date of birth as July 12, 1878. His nearest relative is Ava T. Rawls of Holland, VA.

The 1920 Federal Census for the Cypress Magisterial District, Nansemond Co.,Virginia, District 17, page 165A, dated February 18, 1920 records Vernon E. (41 - VA/VA/VA) and Ava T. (42 - VA/VA/VA) Rawles with children Thelma B. (16), Ruby E. (14), and Vernon E. Jr. (12) farming along the Old Suffolk & Somerton Road.

The 1930 Federal Census for the Whaleyville Magisterial District, Nansemond Co.,Virginia, District 14, page 213B, dated April 19, 1930 records Vernon E. (51 - VA/VA/VA) and Ava T. (54 - VA/VA/VA) Rawls with children Thelma B. Rawls (25) and Ruby E. Ralws (23) farming along the Old Somerton & Suffolk Road. Vernon owns his home valued at $3,000 and has been married to Ava for 29 years. The son, Vernon Jr, has married and is living in NC: The 1930 Federal Census for Henderson, Vance Co., North Carolina records the recently married Vernon E. (21 - VA/VA/NC) Lula N. (19 - NC/NC/NC) Rawles renting a place at $25 / month. Vernon is employed in Clerical work for a Fertilizer Company.

  Research Notes:

The obituary for Vernon Edward Rawles Jr. : born Aug 6, 1908 - died June 29, 2001.
www.hendersondispatch.com, 3 Dec 2001
Mr. Rawles was the retired owner and operator of the former Rawles Grocery and Market. He was an agent for Smith Douglas Fertilizer for some thirty-three years. He was a former employee of First National Bank and had served on the Board of Directors of Henderson Savings and Loan Company. He was a fifty-nine-year member of the Henderson Masonic Lodge #229 A.F. & A.M.He was a member of the Henderson York Rite Bodies and the Blandford Bute Council #18 Allied Masonic Degrees, the Sudan Shrine Temple, and the Henderson Shrine Club, where he served as treasurer from 1970 to 1982.He was Henderson Shrine Club "Shriner of the Year" in 1980. He was a charter member and served as the first president of the Henderson Exchange Club, was a charter member and Director Emeritus of the Vance County Historical Society. He was a former member of the Vance County Zoning Board and was a registered owner of a North Carolina Century Farm. He was a member and Deacon Emeritus of First Congregational Christian Church, where he served on the Board of Trustees and the Finance Committee. Funeral services will be held Sunday, at 2 p.m., in First Congregational Christian Church, conducted by the Rev. George E. Williams. Burial will follow in Sunset Gardens. Surviving are his wife of seventy-two years, Lula Mae Newman Rawles; three daughters, Betty R. Wall and husband Douglas of Wake Forest, Nancy R. Edmonds and husband Billy of Henderson, and Kaye R. Grissom and husband Bill of Henderson; a son-in-law, Macy V. Stainback of Henderson; eleven grandchildren, Eddie Stainback and wife Patsy, Kathy S. Anstead and husband Tommy, Kenny Stainback, William Edmonds III and wife Tracey, all of Henderson, Michael Wall and wife Sarah of Raleigh, Phyllis W. Carson and husband Tony of Baltimore, Md., Larry Wall and wife Brenda of Sharpsburg, N.C., Barry Wall and wife Janet of Rolesville, N.C., Evelyn E. Gay and husband Alan of Nashville, N.C., Wendy G. Tillotson and husband David of Durham, and Brian Grissom and wife Teresa of Lenoir, N.C.; and fifteen great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Odelle R. Stainback, and two sisters, Ruby R. Barnes and Thelma R. McHenry. The family will receive friends tonight, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Flowers Funeral Home. All other times, they will be at the home.

Vernon married Ava Song Turner on 26 Dec 1901 in Nansemond Co., VA. (Ava Song Turner was born circa 1874 in Virginia, died in 1937 in Nansemond Co., VA and was buried in Liberty Springs Christian Church Cemetery, Nansemond Co., VA.)