Dr. Joel Cutchins Rawls

   Cause of his death was Acute Pyelonephritis.

   Another name for Joel was Dr. Joel.

  General Notes:

The WWI Draft Registration Card for Joel Cutchins Rawls dated Sept. 12, 1918 records his date of birth as August 15, 1883. He indicates that he is married to Ella Guthrie Rawls and is a Physician / Farmer in Franklin, Southampton Co., VA. His physical description is medium height and build with gray eyes and red hair.

The 1930 Federal Census for the Town of Franklin, Southampton Co., Va. records Dr. J. C. Rawls (46) with wife Ella G. Rawls (39) living at 506 Lee Street.

A letter from Ola Daughtrey to Ethel Daughtrey Ellis ca 1970 states that Joel and Ella had no children.


http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaschs/cemetery/southampton/pscanx2.pdf
Poplar Springs Cemetery - New Annex - City of Franklin
Beamon Street and High Street across from the Scout Shack
Plot 107
JOEL CUTCHIN RAWLS M.D.
08-15-1883 - 11-29-1968
S/O ROBERT AND DIANNA

ELLA SHIPMAN GUTHERIE RAWLS
05-16-1890 - 06-01-1964


Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography
Lewis Historical Publishing, New York
1915
Volume V
Pages 739 & 740

Joel Cutchins Rawls, M. D. A graduate M. D. since 1909 Dr. Rawls in the five years he has been practicing compressed into that short period an experience in two southern states, Florida and Virginia, his medical educations having been obtained in a third state, Maryland. He is, however, of Virginia birth and family, Nansemond County, the family seat. A resident since 1912 he has rapidly established in public favor as an honorable and skillful practitioner.

Dr. Rawls is a grandson of Randolph and Christie Rawls, of Nansemond County, Virginia, the former a farmer of Dutch ancestry. He is a son of Robert Rawls, born in Nansemond County, Virginia, in 1844, yet a farmer of his native county. He is a veteran of the Confederacy, serving as a private in Company I, of Suffolk, his company and regiment attached to General Mahone's division. He was shot through the thumb in battle, the same bullet passing through his clothing, making several holes, but no further wounds. He is a member of Gillette Camp, United Confederate Veterans. He married Dianna Cutchins, born in Nansemond County, Virginia, in 1848, and died June, 1907, daughter of John A. and Tracey (Odell) Cutchins. Children: 1. James T., now superintendent of Phosphates Mines in Florida; married Molly Lawrence, of Virginia. 2. Susan, married Professor J. R. L. Johnson, of the Franklin, Virginia, High School; residence, Franklin, Virginia; children: J. R. L., Jr., and Robert Bruce. 3. John A., married (first) Lora May, child, John L.; married (second) Colly [Callie] Ellis, of Portsmouth, Virginia; children: James, Robert Addison and Margaret; he is a farmer of Nansemond County, Virginia. 4. Odell, married John Paul Jones, and has Robert E., Eugenie, Lelia; residence Franklin, Virginia. 5. Charles Randolph, married Garrie Jones, and has Elizabeth R., Charles Randolph (2) ; farmer in Nansemond County, Virginia. 6. Christian, unmarried; resides in Nansemond County, Virginia. 7. Joel Cutchins, of whom forward. 8. Robert Paine, married Roberta Fristoe, of Suffolk. 9. Solomon Waite, attended William and Mary College, member of Theta Delta Chi; automobile dealer in Franklin, Nansemond County, Virginia. 10. Mabel, unmarried.

Dr. Joel Cutchins Rawls, of Franklin, Virginia, was born in Nansemond County, Virginia, August 15, 1883, son of Robert and Dianna (Cutchins) Rawls. He obtained his early education in the public schools, then for three years attended Franklin Academy. He then for three years pursued an academic course at William and Mary College, 1902 to 1905. In the latter year he began his professional education at the University of Maryland, whence he was graduated M. D. in the class of 1909 After receiving his degree Dr. Rawls began practice at Crystal River, Florida, remaining two years, then returned to Virginia, locating at Franklin, Southampton County, the seat of Franklin Male Academy and Franklin Female Seminary. His practice is general in character and is increasing as his ability is becoming more widely known. Dr. Rawls is modern in his methods of treatment and keeps abreast with the latest medical thought by close association with his professional brethren b membership in the medical societies. He belongs to the Virginia Medical, Southern Medical, Southampton County Medical, and South Side Medical Societies. and the American Medical Association; the South Side Medical Society is composed of the physicians of fifteen Virginia counties. He is active in these associations and has read several carefully prepared papers before them on subjects of medical importance. He is also a member of the Theta Delta Chi academic fraternity and Phi Chi medical fraternity. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Baptist church.

Dr. Rawls married, June 28, 1911, Ella Guthrie, daughter of James Henry and Lelia (Wright) Guthrie, of Lynchburg, Virginia.

  Medical Notes:

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Joel C Rawls (widowed)
Residence: Franklin, VA
Occupation: Doctor
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 85
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1883
Death Date: 29 Nov 1968
Death Place: Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia
Burial: Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, VA
Registration Date: 5 Dec 1968
Father: Robert Rawls
Mother: Dianna Cutchins
Spouse: Ella Guthrie Rawls
Informant: Ashby Rawls [nephew - son of Robert Payne Rawls]

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Physician and Surgeon in Florida (1910).

Joel married Ella Shipman Guthrie, daughter of James Henry Guthrie and Lelia Wright, on 28 Jun 1911 in Nansemond Co, VA. (Ella Shipman Guthrie was born on 16 May 1890 in Halifax Co., Virginia, died on 1 Jun 1964 in Town of Franklin, Southampton Co., Va. and was buried in Poplar Springs Cemetery - New Annex, Franklin, Southampton Co., VA.) The cause of her death was Acute Cornary Thrombosis.