Dinwiddie County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Mershon, Lillian Wilkinson April 18, 1966 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008389 May 17, 2026, 3:21 pm The Progress-Index Tue, Apr 19, 1966 Mrs. Lillian Wilkinson Mershon, wife of the late John Loy Mershon, of 203 Lafayette Ave., Colonial Heights, died last night in Petersburg General Hospital, after a period of declining health. She was born in Dinwiddie County, a daughter of the late Benjamin H. and Olivia Williamson Wilkinson, and had lived in this area most of her life. She was a member of West End Baptist Church, the Cockade Temple No. 6, Pythian Sisters. and of the Virginia Dare Council of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty. She is survived by three daughters. Mrs. Donald M. Wilkinson of Richmond. Mrs. Marshall F. Driskill of Alexandria, and Mrs. E. Landon Meredith of Colonial Heights; a son, Reginald E. Pond of Chesterfield County; a sister, Mrs. Reginald W. Best of Colonial Heights; a brother, Herbert M. Wilkinson of Dinwiddie County; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. in the chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son with the Rev. Eslie R. Phillips, pastor of West End Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Blandford Cemetery. The family will receive their friends at the Morriss Funeral Home tonight from 7 to 9. Additional Comments: Petersburg, Virginia - The Progress-Index Tue, Apr 19, 1966 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/dinwiddie/obits/m/mershon19708gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb