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LAFOON Etta Lucille

Female 1910 - 1977  (67 years)


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  • Name LAFOON Etta Lucille  [1
    Birth 11 Oct 1910 
    • Etta Lucille Lafoon was born 11 October 1910 and died 7 November 1977. In high school Aunt Lucille drove a Brunswick County school bus. She attended Blackstone College and received her registered nursing degree from Grace Hospital in Richmond. She was a master bridge payer. She married Aubrey Horace Burrow (born 22 March 1908) of Disputanta on 15 September 1934 and lived in Richmond. Aubrey ran a real estate agency. They had two children: born 25 November 1942, Aubrey Jr., a naval architecture graduate of VPI and owner of Kilroy's Decks in Springfield, Virginia; and born 2 May 1946 Nancy Lou (named for great grandpa Lou) is a graduate of Mary Washington College and UNC Chapel Hill, and a program manager with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Aubrey Jr. married Dorothy Lockwood Moore 3 August 1969, and they had one son, Christopher Warren Burrow born 9 September 1972 Nancy married Allan Converse Watkins 15 June 1968 and they had two children: Catherine Elizabeth Watkins born 31 October 1973 and Allan Dean Watkins born 29 April 1976 both of Atlanta.
    Gender Female 
    Death 7 Nov 1977 
    Notes 
    • The history of the Laffoon/Lafoon family in Brunswick and Lunenburg counties probably started with Matthew and Nathaniel Laffoon. Matthew was born about 1727 and died 1789 in Brunswick County. Nathaniel was born around 1720 and died circa 1806-1810. Matthew and Nathaniel were jointly granted 400 acres of land by King George II on 10 August 1759. The two are believed to have been brothers. date, their parents have not been positively identified. There are records of earlier Laffoon/LaFon/Lafoone families in Henrico, James City County and New Kent County. The time frames give some credence that all were somehow related.

      The 400 acre grant was in Lunenburg around the town of Dundas, and close to the Lunenburg/Brunswick County line. The grant/deed is on record in the Virginia archives.

      Both Matthew and Nathaniel had several children and descendants who lived in Lunenburg and Brunswick counties, and were primarily farmers. Some migrated to Kentucky and other neighboring states.
      Many Descendants of Nathaniel Laffoon are buried in the New Hope Christian Church cemetery in Danieltown. One of those descendants is my great grandfather, William Lewis "Lou" Laffoon. Lou is buried with his second wife, Annie Etta Hines Ogburn-Laffoon. Lou and Annie had no children together. Lou's first wife Emma Jane Nolley was the actual mother of his children.
      Lou was born 23 November 1845. On 9 September 1863, he joined the Confederate Army. Lou served with Cornelius T. Allen's Heavy Artillery on the James River, south of Richmond, atop Chaffin's bluff. Lou and his unit were involved in one of the last great battles of the Civil War in Sailor's Creek, Virginia. If you look in the first Brunswick county book; you will see a civil war reunion picture from the Brunswick Times Gazette. is in the back row second from the left.
      Shortly after returning from the war, on 20 December 1865, Lou married Emma Jane Nolley. Lou and Emma farmed in Brunswick County and had seven children. Emma Jane died 11 March 1907 and was buried in what was known as the old Laffoon Farm near Alberta/Danieltown. The farm was later sold and became known as the Hazlip farm.
      On 18 December 1907, several months after Emma Jane died; Lou married Annie Etta Hines-Ogburn. Lou farmed in Brunswick for the remainder of his life and died on 14 March 1931. Many of his children and grandchildren commented about how the old Confederate would sit on his porch in a rocker whistling and singing "Dixie".
      One of Lou and Emma Jane's sons, Pernell "Garland" Lafoon, married one of Annie Etta Hines-Ogburn's daughters, Evelyn Alzarah Ogburn. Evelyn's father was John Edward Ogburn. Garland and Evelyn were my grandparents. For reasons unknown, they dropped one "F" from the family name. For those closely reading this article, you may now realize that my Great Grandfather Lou was married to two of my Great Grandmothers. Garland and Evelyn are also buried at the New Hope Christian Church Cemetery.

      Today, if you live in either county, you have probably worked with or know a Laffoon/Lafoon and may even be related. Some may still remember my grandfather, Pernell "Garland" Lafoon, my Grandmother Evelyn and their ten children: Bernice, Lila, Clyde, Lucille, Hazel, Edna, Doris, Mallory, Miles and PG.
      My grandfather Garland was born on 2 September 1881 and died 27 May 1956. He married my grandmother Evelyn on 20 December 1903. Evelyn was born 9 October 1885 and died on 24 October 1954. The two spent the majority of their lifetimes farming around Alberta. During WWII, Garland worked at the Bellwood Defense General Supply Center near Richmond. My Aunt Edna, the last surviving of their ten children, passed away 23 July 2006. Many residents of Brunswick and Lunenburg Counties can still remember the ten siblings.
      Estelle Lafoon was born on 25 December 1904. What a sweet Christmas gift for my grandparents. Aunt Bernice married James Ernest Wesson on 22 May 1923. Aunt Bernice and James had one daughter, Olive Anita Wesson. Aunt Bernice worked for the telephone company in Richmond and retired. She died in 6 October 1969. Her daughter Olive Wesson-Wright also made her career with the telephone company and retired as a supervisor. Olive currently resides in Imperial Plaza in Richmond. Her husband, Bill Wright, is deceased. Bill was a retired member of the National Guard.
      Lila Janet Lafoon was born 19 October 1906 and married John Edwin Hook on 23 September 1929. Aunt Lila and Uncle John had one son, John Edwin Hook who spent most of his adult life living and working in Fairfax, VA. He and his wife, Margaret Ann Currence, have retired to Rock Hill, South Carolina. John's favorite memories of growing up are the times he spent in Brunswick County with his grandparents\emdash Garland and Evelyn Lafoon. Granddaddy Garland taught him how to play the card game "setback." Setback enthusiasts will appreciate and understand the term "shooting the moon" which Garland was able to do frequently. His Uncles PG and Miles taught him how to hunt. Later in life, whenever John was traveling through Brunswick County, he would stop by his Aunt Doris' house for a game of setback with his, Aunts Edna and Hazel.
      I am Robert (Bobby) Lafoon, the son of Clyde Alvin Lafoon. Clyde was born 10 October 1908 and died on 11 November 1974. He married Margaret Belle Houston in the 1941. Margaret was born 20 February 1916 and died 30 December 1954. Clyde made a career as a barber in Washington, D.C. where he met Margaret, was a civil service employee. Dad was known for accidentally blowing off three of his fingers when he unknowingly put dynamite blasting caps in the school's pot belly stove. The school was located between Alberta and Danieltown. That school was later purchased by Edna (his sister) and Leonard Abernathy and converted into their home. Clyde and Margaret had two sons: Clyde Anthony "Tony" Lafoon and me, Robert Charles "Bobby" Lafoon. Tony was a star basketball player who was killed in a car accident in 1958 when returning from a game. I currently resides in Lake City, Georgia, and work as a Department of the Army civil servant. I served as a combat photographer in Vietnam between 1966 and 1967. I have two sons, Joseph Anthony Lafoon residing in Virginia Beach and George Anthony Lafoon residing in Roswell, Georgia. My sons' mother is Rosemary Catherine Ercolino-Owen. Rosemary currently resides with George in Roswell.
      Etta Lucille Lafoon was born 11 October 1910 and died 7 November 1977. In high school Aunt Lucille drove a Brunswick County school bus. She attended Blackstone College and received her registered nursing degree from Grace Hospital in Richmond. She was a master bridge payer. She married Aubrey Horace Burrow (born 22 March 1908) of Disputanta on 15 September 1934 and lived in Richmond. Aubrey ran a real estate agency. They had two children: born 25 November 1942, Aubrey Jr., a naval architecture graduate of VPI and owner of Kilroy's Decks in Springfield, Virginia; and born 2 May 1946 Nancy Lou (named for great grandpa Lou) is a graduate of Mary Washington College and UNC Chapel Hill, and a program manager with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Aubrey Jr. married Dorothy Lockwood Moore 3 August 1969, and they had one son, Christopher Warren Burrow born 9 September 1972 Nancy married Allan Converse Watkins 15 June 1968 and they had two children: Catherine Elizabeth Watkins born 31 October 1973 and Allan Dean Watkins born 29 April 1976 both of Atlanta.
      Hazel Alease Lafoon was the
      fifth child of Garland and Evelyn. Aunt Hazel was born 1 May 1913 and died 22 November 1998. Aunt Hazel graduated from Danieltown High School and attended Blackstone College. She met John Marks Matthews when he dated her sister Lucille (Aunt Lucille). Aunt Hazel and Uncle John were married in Richmond, Virginia on 13 April 1935. Uncle John was born 11 July 1909 and died 25 January 1998. Hazel and John had one daughter, Hazel Rebecca "Becky" Matthews, born 17 October 1938. Becky graduated from Lawrenceville High School in 1955 and Elon University in 1959 where she met her husband, John Richard "Rich" Kopko. Becky and Rich were married in Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, 22 August 1959. Beck and Rich have one daughter, Kimberly Kay Kopko. Kimberly was born 20 August 1964. Kimberly married Eugene Alton Grissom on 17 April 1990. "Kim and Eugene have two children, John Matthews Grissom and Ashley Rebecca Grissom.
      Edna Hardy Lafoon was born 2 February 1915 and married Leonard Nicholson Abernathy. Leonard was a WWI veteran. Aunt Edna and Uncle Leonard had one son, Walton Garland Abernathy, born 21 January 1944. Aunt Edna was the last of Garland and Evelyn's children to pass away. Aunt Edna died 23 July 2006, but is still in the memories and hearts of many Brunswick and other county residents. What a sweetheart and fantastic Aunt. son Walton and his wife Catherine Jones-Lucy-Abernathy, provide tax accountant services to residents of Brunswick and other counties, including Mecklenburg and Greensville. Walton and Cathy have three children living in Brunswick County, Christa Roberts, Terri and Stephen Abernathy. Cathy had two children from a previous marriage, Albert Michael Lucy and Lewis Scott Lucy. Aunt Edna called them her instant Grandchildren.
      Vivian Doris Lafoon was the youngest daughter of Garland and Evelyn. Aunt Doris married Miles Stuart (Pete) Johnson, from Alberta on 30 June 1941. She taught junior high school math in Victoria, Brunswick, Dinwiddie and Henrico counties. Pete was a WWII veteran and bookkeeper. Their son, Miles Stuart Johnson, Jr., is a graduate of VMI, and now lives on Christanna Highway just north of Danieltown (in Brunswick County) in a big log cabin. He married Kathryn Bersch Wright on July 31, 2005. Kathy has two grown children: Joanna and Brian. Pete died 20 March 1962. Aunt Doris remarried in June of 1969, to Ernest Jones, a farmer from Rawlings. Ernest died in 1975. Doris died on 7 July 2001.
      Many will remember Uncle Mallory Lafoon from his tobacco warehouse days in Lawrenceville, where he was a ticket marker. Mallory was a WWII veteran and member of the VFW. also had a fertilizer business in Lawrenceville. Uncle Mallory and Aunt Rosa had three children. Their son, Garland Douglas Lafoon, was in the fertilizer business with Mallory, and has been grading peanuts in Southside Virginia for many years. Their two daughters, Marilyn "Gay" Lafoon-Graham and Patricia Ann Lafoon-Lambert, reside in Blackstone and Richmond, respectively. Patricia and Gay attended Brunswick Senior High School. Garland attended the Brunswick Academy. Garland was named after our grandfather Garland.
      Miles Taylor Lafoon Sr. was born 7 August 1922 and married Margaret Lee Buchanan. Margaret was born 3 November 1924. I guarantee many remember Uncle Miles and Aunt Margaret. They bought a house and later a business in Victoria. For many years he was a wholesale grocery salesman servicing grocery stores in Brunswick and other surrounding counties. After leaving the traveling sales position, Margaret and he bought a little country store in Victoria and were well known and loved by many of the residents and patrons. Miles was a devoted Detroit Tigers baseball fan, but we all loved him anyway. Uncle Miles died 8 November 1995 and Aunt Margaret died 23 April 2004. They had two children, Brenda Joy Lafoon-Ramsey-Marshall-Harding and Miles "Taylor" Lafoon Jr. Brenda was born on 21 January 1944 the very same day as her cousin Walton Garland Abernathy (Aunt Edna's son). Brenda passed away on 29 October 1998. Brenda was well known for hunting antiques in old empty houses and barns. Brenda also drove a school bus and was much loved by the students. Brenda is survived by four children, Susan Miles Ramsey-Hawkins, Robert Clarence Ramsey Jr. James Christopher Ramsey and Margaret Buchanan Harding. Uncle Miles and Aunt Margaret's son Taylor lives in Victoria and works for the railroad. Taylor is a fun loving character, like his father was, and is a serious collector of baseball cards. Taylor and his wife Nancy Bragg-Lafoon have three children, Lana Michelle Lafoon-Dalton, Lucy Lee Lafoon-Hall and Lindsey Blake Lafoon.

      If you travel further down the road to Freeman, you will find those who remember my Uncle Palmer Glenwell "PG" Lafoon. What a character! Uncle PG was Freeman's rural mailman for years. He was always known for stopping and getting into conversations (sometimes debates) with the families along his route. Uncle PG and Aunt Bagley Bragg-Lafoon had one daughter, Lesa. How could you not know Lesa? Lesa Inez Lafoon-Daniel is now Freeman's rural mail "person," following in her father's footsteps. Lesa's husband, Kenny Daniel, works at the Vulcan rock quarry in Freeman. Chances are if you bought rock for one reason or another, you got it from or one of his coworkers. Kenny and his parents lived near Danieltown. Kenny's parents used to run the Grady Daniel's store. Maybe you know Lesa and Kenny's teenage son. You can usually find Matthew Daniel in the sports section of the Brunswick Times because of his baseball talents.
    Person ID I8849  Booth Family
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2013 

    Family BURROW Aubrey Horace, Sr.,   b. 22 Mar 1908   d. 9 Nov 1998 (Age 90 years) 
    Family ID F2974  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2009 

  • Sources 
    1. [S999] John Cryer Baugh IV, Lewis Delony Baugh and His Descendants (Reliability: 3).