Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....English, Walter J., 1960 

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Driver Drowns When Car Runs Into A Pond 

  An Isle of Wight Court House man drowned when his car ran off Va. 637 into a 
farm pond Friday morning, November 18, 1960. 

  Dead is Walter J. English, 48, a packing plant worker. 

  His car went off the outside of a curve into a pond on the S. Lane Gwaltney 
farm, 1½ miles east of Orbit. 

  Sheriff Harold C. Taylor said the man's body was recovered, pulled from the 
pond by a wrecker. 

  Gwaltney saw the splash when the car went into the pond at 11:10 A.M., the 
sheriff said.  He went to the scene, and when he found tracks leading into the 
pond, he called Taylor. 

  Dr. Hugh Fraser of Smithfield, Isle of Wight County medical examiner, said 
death was due to drowning. 

  The body was taken to the Jones Funeral Home in Smithfield. 

  Sheriff Taylor said a fertilizer salesman, Handy Moore of Orbit, passing the 
pond, dived in and located the car.  State police joined in the investigation. 

  A lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County, he had been employed in the 
Maintenance Department of Gwaltney, Inc., at Smithfield.  He was a son of Mrs. 
Elizabeth Atkins English and the late Walter Lee English. 

  He was a member of Isle of Wight Christian Church. 

  Besides his mother, surviving are one brother, Littleton C. English of 
Norfolk; a sister, Mrs. Walter Long of Buena Vista, and nieces and nephews. 

  A funeral service was conducted at the Bullock Funeral Home Sunday at 4 P.M. 
with burial in Central Hill Cemetery, Isle of Wight County. 


Walter Joseph ENGLISH, packing plant maintenance worker, 
b. 25 Feb 1912, Isle of Wight Co., drove into farm pond 18 Nov 1960, Rt. 637, 
interred in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery*, 20 Nov 1960, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 41, No. 48, Thurs., Nov. 24, 1960, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #56: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #105812716. 

His parents are also buried there. 

His second ex-wife, Dorothy Charlotte (CROCKER; Mrs John Walter) UNDERWOOD 
   (1916 - 1985), & her parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 29799 (Dist. 146 #28) 

Walter & Dorothy 2m. 15 Sep 1956 (IoW.Co. #83), & div. in 1958. 

His first ex-wife, Ida Mae (STAHL) ENGLISH (1921 - 1951), is buried in 
   Maury Cemetery, Richmond.  They m. 17 Sep 1940 in Gatesville, Gates Co., 
   NC. 


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