Isle of Wight-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Billups, Leno A., 2000 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LENO ALFRED BILLUPS Leno Alfred Billups, 80, a resident of Windsor, died April 13, 2000, in Chesapeake General Hospital. Born on Oct. 27, 1919, in Isle of Wight County, he was the son of the late Linwood Billups and Mary Alice Copeland Billups. He was a retired employee of the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation, Windsor District. He was the husband of the late Laura Bishop Billups. He is survived by a daughter, Betty Ann Spiers of Waco, Texas; two sisters, Frances McDermitt of Cumberland, R.I., and Virginia B. Rawls and her husband, Joseph, of Zuni; two brothers, Earl Billups and his wife, Mabel, of Zuni and Frank Billups and his wife, Ginger, of Belhaven, N.C.; 16 nieces and nephews; and 17 great-nieces and great-nephews. He was the brother of the late James Robert Billups, William A. Billups, Kenneth Raymond Billups and Jasper Joseph Billups. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Waverly Cemetery by the Rev. Steve Bradshaw. The family will receive friends at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and other times at the residence of Joseph and Virginia Rawls, Zuni. Leno Alfred BILLUPS, of Windsor, retired from VDoT, b. 27 Oct 1919, Isle of Wight Co., d. 13 Apr 2000, Chesapeake, interred in Waverly Cemetery*, 16 Apr 2000, "Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Apr. 14, 2000, p. B9 *Additional information: Find a Grave Mem. #117507602 His parents are buried in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Tucker Swamp list (TS-3): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt His father's obit ("Tidewater News," June 22, 1966, p. 3) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b412l1ob.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/b412l2ob.txt