Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Britt, Willie R., 1935 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ WILLIE R. BRITT Willie R. Britt, 42, died Wednesday, April 24th, Mill Swamp*, after an illness of several weeks. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Pearl A. Britt; five children, W.R. Britt, Jr., Mary Elizabeth, Dorothy, Mildred and Eunice Britt; four brothers, Robert H., of Isle of Wight; Herman L. of Portsmouth; L.A. of Philadelphia and Howard Britt, of Ivor. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Britt. Funeral services were held at Mill Swamp Baptist Church Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock and burial was in the church cemetery. "Willie" William Rogers BRITT, farmer, b. 1893*, Southampton Co., d. 24 Apr 1935, Southampton Co., interred in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 26 Apr 1935, "The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 15, No. 3, May 2, 1935 Additional information: *His parents, James Lee & Fannie P. (JOHNSON) BRITT, and maternal grandparents Benjamin F. & Sarah J. (COOK) JOHNSON, are buried there also. Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #55: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html The cemetery list gives b. 3 Feb 1893. His D.Cert. (#10928 {B&I #12}) gives b. 3 Apr 1893. His m.rec. gives. b. Southampton Co. (MB15:100). His widow 2m. Roger V. KNIGHT. She is buried in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk; Roger is buried in Corapeake, NC. His in-laws, John B. Sr. & "Mandy" (COOK) BRITT are buried in a BRITT-COOK family cemetery, between Zuni & Ivor. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 9 (IX-24): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol9.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b630w11o.txt