Greensville-Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Williams, George F., 1927 

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GEORGE FRANKLIN WILLIAMS

   George Franklin Williams, 85, well-known farmer and lumberman of the Emporia 
community, died in Raiford Memorial Hospital on Tuesday morning, July 16, after 
an illness of several days.

   He was the son of the late Nichols and Ada Harris Williams of Southampton 
County. He was a member of the Adams Grove Baptist church, in which he served 
for many years.

   Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Blanche Dunn Williams of Emporia; two 
daughters, Mrs. Alva Williams Long of Orange C.H. and Mrs. Serena Elizabeth 
Barham of Portsmouth; one son, Elmer McNair Williams of Emporia; nine 
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; three brothers, Leo R. Williams of 
Petersburg, C.F.  Williams of Waverly, and Crawford Williams of Yale; one 
sister, Mrs. J.H. Dunn of Yale; and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Services for Mr. Williams were conducted this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30 
o’clock in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland & Sons by Rev. Stuart Grizzard, pastor 
of the First Baptist Church, Norfolk, and Rev. William W. Stennett, pastor of 
the Thomas Memorial Baptist Church in Drewryville.

   Burial was in the family cemetery near Grizzard, Sussex County. Pallbearers 
were Pat Barham, Jr., Billie Long, Jr., Wesley Wills, John Eddy, Charles 
Saunders, Robert Babb, Jerry Daughtrey and Leo Williams, Jr.


[George Franklin WILLIAMS, farmer & lumberman of Emporia, 
 d. 16 Jul 1927, Franklin, age 85, 
 interred in family cemetery, near Grizzard, Sussex Co., 18 Jul 1927, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 18, 1927] 

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