Isle of Wight-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Addison, William T., 1947 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ WILLIAM THOMAS ADDISON WM. T. ADDISON, 82, BURIED DEC. 23RD IN UZZELLS CEM’TERY William Thomas Addison, 82, of Smithfield, died in a Suffolk hospital December 23rd at 2 a.m. after a brief illness. Addison was a native of Surry County but had lived in Smithfield for the last 13 years. Besides his wife, Mrs. Mattie Pierce Addison, he is survived by a son, J.W. Addison of Smithfield, two daughters, Mrs. C.D. Lankford of Wakefield, and Mrs. C.S. Crocker of Isle of Wight County; 12 grandchildren, four great- grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was a member of Trinity Methodist Church, Smithfield. The body was taken to the Bullock Funeral Home, where services were held December 23rd at 3 p.m. by the Rev. R.E. Cardwell, pastor Trinity Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. O.L. Gilliam. Burial was in Uzzell’s Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jesse Edwards, Clyde Crocker, Clarence Lankford, David Lankford, William Addison and Sam Crocker. William Thomas ADDISON, of Smithfield, b. 26 Mar 1865, Surry Co., d. 23 Dec 1947, Suffolk, re-interred in Uzzell Methodist Church Cemetery*, 23 Dec 1947, "The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 30, No. 31, Jan. 7, 1948, p. 1, col. 2 Additional information: *The cemetery list gives d. 3 Dec. Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} Uzzell Church report (#13): http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Birthdate from D.Cert. 27021 (Suffolk #367), which gives bu. 24 Dec 1947. The newspaper is posted online at the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Chronicle" Virginia Newspaper Project: https://virginiachronicle.com/ His wife's obit ("Smithfield Times," May 18, 1928, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/a325i1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/a325w5ob.txt