Isle of Wight-King and Queen County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bloxom, Frances Faison, 2016 

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WALTER ELMO BLOXOM JR. 

  Walter Elmo Bloxom, Jr., left this earth March 14, 2005 in a Richmond 
Hospital after battling a lung disease for several years.  Walter was born 
February 1, 1923 at Battery Park, Va.  He attended Smithfield Elementary 
and graduated from Smithfield High School, later attending and graduating 
from Newport News Apprentice School.  He served our country for two years 
as a tug boat captain in the Army during W.W. II.  He attended and 
graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor of science in mechanical 
engineering in 1950.  He went to work for Dupont Corporation and moved to 
Pensacola, Fla.  The year 1954 Walter and his wife moved to Chesterfield 
County, where he was employed by Dupont’s Richmond Division.  Walter went 
to work for Continental Can Corp. in 1955 in Hopewell and his term extended 
to 1974.  He was with Continental Can Corp. and was transferred to Augusta, 
Ga. to be regional manager of construction engineering.  The retired in 1985 
from Continental Forest Industries in Augusta, Ga. and began consultant work 
supporting the paper industry.  In the year 1985 Walter and his wife moved 
to West Point.  He was a member of First Baptist Church, a member of Knights 
of ACCA Temple and Masonic Lodge.  Walter enjoyed life with is family and 
friends and played 74 of the top 100 golf courses in the United States.  He 
was a kind and gracious man dedicated to his family.  One of his many 
accomplishments included being elected president of the TAPPI Pulp and Paper 
Association.  Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Frances Faison Bloxom; 
sons, Ron Bloxom, Walter E. III and wife, Vicky Bloxom; one granddaughter, 
Savanna Leigh Bloxom of West Point; one sister, Melinda Reynolds of Battery 
Park, Va.  Funeral services will be held Friday, 12 p.m., March 18, 2005, at 
Battery Park Baptist Church, 10309 Newport Street, Battery Park, Virginia. 
Interment will following St. Luke’s Cemetery, Smithfield.  The family will 
receive friends at Hogg Funeral Home, Gloucester Point, Thursday, from 6 to 
8 p.m.  In his memory, flowers are welcomed or memorial contributions may be 
made to West Point Volunteer Fire and Rescue, P.O. Box X, West Point, Va. 
23181.  Arrangements by Hogg Funeral Home, Gloucester Point.


Walter Elmo BLOXOM, Jr., retired engineer, WW-II tug boat captain, 
b. 1 Feb 1923, Battery Park, d. 14 Mar 2005, Richmond, 
interred in St. Luke's Memorial Park*, Benns Church, 18 Mar 2005, 
donated obit, publication unknown 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #16238047 

Additional information: 

*His parents, W.E. Sr. & Mavis (BATTEN) BLOXOM, are also buried there. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #18: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His widow's obit (Vincent Funeral Home, 2016) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b425f1ob.txt 


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