Sol(omon) Waite Rawls Sr.

   Cause of his death was Congestibe Heart Failure.

  General Notes:

The 1910 Federal Census records Soloman Rawls living at the home of his father, Robert, in Nansemond Co., VA.

The WWI Draft Registration Cards records Sol Waite Rawls (indexed as Rowls at ancestry.com) date of birth as May 5, 1888. He is employed at Rawls Auto Dealership. His physical description is tall and stout with brown eyes and dark hair.

The 1920 Federal Census for the Town of Franklin, Southampton Co., VA records Sol W. Rawles (32) with wife Rena C. (27) and son Sol W. Jr. (2/12). The family is living on Franklin Sedley Road and Sol is listed as a Manager at a Garage and Sales.

The 1930 Federal Census for the Town of Franklin, Southampton Co., Va. records S.W. and Rena C. Rawls and son S.W. Jr. living at 806 Clay Street in the Town of Franklin, Southampton Co., VA.

The 1940 Federal Census for the Town of Franklin, Southampton Co., VA, District 88-15, page 181B, dated April 17, 1940 records Sol W. (51) and Rena Camp (49) Rawls and son Sol W. Jr. (20) living on Clay Street. They own their home valued at $10,000. Sol has completed 2 years of college while Rena has completed 4 years of college and Sol Jr 3 years of college. Sol Sr. is employed as a Distributor of Oil and Gas.

The WWII Draft Registration Card (for men born on or after April 28, 1877 and on or before February 16, 1897) for Sol Waite Rawls dated April 27, 1942 lists his date of birth as May 5, 1888 in Nansemond Co., VA. He is living with his wife, Mrs. S. W. Rawls, at 806 Clay Street in Franklin, Southampton Co., VA. He is self employed working on Bowers Road in Franklin. His physical description is 6', 220 lbs with brown eyes, gray hair and light complexion. He signs his name S. W. Rawls.

S.W. RAWLS, VA. LEADER, DIES AT 81
FRANKLIN - Sol Waite Rawls, 88, oil distributor, political and community leader, died Tuesday at 5 p.m. in his home on Clay Street.
A native of South Quay, Nansemond County, he was the husband of Mrs. Rena Savage Camp Rawls.
He owned S.W. Rawls Gulf Oil Distributor, and formerly operated an automobile agency in Franklin.
He was a director of the Camp Foundation, chairman of the Franklin board of Virginia National Bank, and director of Tidewater Bank & Trust Co.
He was long a major Southside figure and a conservative state Democrat. He was an important factor in the development of Virginia highways and was for 30 years a member of the State Highway Commission. He was one of the original members of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority.
He was a 20-year member of the Franklin City Council.
During World War I, he was in the Navy. He was a charter member of Southampton American Legion Post 73. He was a charter member of Franklin Rotary Club.
In 1968, he won the Distinguished Citizen Award of the Chamber of Commerce for the City of Franklin.
He was a member, trustee, and past deacon of Franklin Baptist Church.
Besides his widow, survivors include a son, Sol W. Rawls, Jr. of Franklin; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins. W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home has charge. The family suggests memorial donations to the Southampton Memorial Hospital Endowment Fund.


[Sol Waite RAWLS, Sr., oil distributor and civic leader, Navy veteran of WW-I, former Franklin town councilman & VA hwy. commissioner, b. near South Quay, Nansemond Co., d. 22 Jun 1976, at home, Franklin, age 88, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 44**), Franklin, 24 Jun 1976, donated obit, newspaper unknown; "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 24, 1976]
[*Mother's name usually appears as Dianna (CUTCHINS) RAWLS- her obit:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420d2ob.txt
father Robert's obit:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420r4ob.txt
wife's obit:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r420r3ob.txt]

[**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt]

Additional information: While named after his uncle Solomon C. Cutchins (1854-1925), and even listed in the Nansemond Co. Register of Births as "Solomon" (in error), the descendant's first name was Sol, not Solomon.
(source: great-grandson Parker Agelasto - his "grandfather swears to it")
Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by
Parker C. Agelasto &
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net),
and re-formatted by File Manager.


The SSDI records:
Sol Rawls
SSN: 228-05-4635
Last Residence: 23851 Franklin, Franklin City, Virginia
Born: 3 May 1888
Died: Jun 1976
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)

  Medical Notes:

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Sol Waite Rawls
Residence: 806 N. Clay Street, Franklin, VA
Occupation: Owner S. W. Rawls, Inc.
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 88
Birth Date: 3 May 1888 in Nansemond Co., VA
Death Date: 22 Jun 1976
Death Place: Franklin, Virginia
Burial: Poplar Spring Cemetery
Registration Date: 29 Jun 1976
Father: Robert Rawls
Mother: Dianah Cutchins Rawls
Spouse: Rena Camp Rawls
Military Status: WWI
Informant: son

Sol(omon) married Rowena Savage (Rena) Camp, daughter of James Leonidas Camp and Carrie Fountain Savage, on 17 Feb 1916. (Rowena Savage (Rena) Camp was born on 12 Oct 1890 in Franklin, Southampton Co., VA, died on 13 Feb 1980 in Franklin, Southampton Co., VA. and was buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, [Southampton Co., ] VA.) The cause of her death was Cardio-Pulmonary Decompensation.