C. Wayne Jeffries Sr.

Published 10:48 am Friday, June 27, 2025

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FRANKLIN – Charles Wayne Jeffries Sr., 78, passed away June 24, 2025 in Southampton Memorial Hospital. Born in Suffolk and raised in Burdette/Black Creek, he was a son of the late Charles Berkley Jeffries and Mary Lucille Johnson Jeffries. He was also predeceased by a sister, Rose Annette Holt and two brothers-in-law, James Holt and Cliff Hedgepeth.

Wayne was an Army veteran serving in Vietnam and was a former Virginia National Guardsman. He was a r

C. Wayne Jeffries Sr.

etired lead man in roll finishing at International Paper and was a member of the VFW and South Quay Baptist Church.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 55 years, Julia Ann Jeffries; a son, Charles Wayne Jeffries Jr. (Angela); a sister, Jean Jeffries Hedgepeth; three grandchildren, Betty Ann Jeffries, Charles Wayne Jeffries III and April Marie Jeffries; two great-grandchildren, Savannah Marie Britt and Julianna Caroline Morris; a niece and three nephews.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday July 1 in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with Pastor Dean Jester officiating.

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