Isle of Wight-Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Harrison, William H., 1947 

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WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON 

Clues Sought In Watchman's Death 

  NORFOLK, Va., April 22. (AP) - Police today were still seeking leads in the 
killing of William H. Harrison, 54-year-old Nolde Bakery night watchman, who 
was beaten to death with an iron bar in a store room of the Hampton Boulevard 
Bakery plant late Saturday night. 

  One suspect picked up by detectives and questioned last night was released 
by police after offering a satisfactory alibi, detective Captain H.L. 
Dickeins said.

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FORMER CITIZEN KILLED BY BLOW WITH METAL BAR - 
WILLIE HARRISON, WHO ONCE LIVED HERE, SLAIN BY BLOW ON HEAD 

   Norfolk police are continuing their investigations into the slaying of 
William Henry Harrison, 54-year-old night watchman at Nolde Brothers’ Bakery 
of Hampton Boulevard in that city.

   Harrison, badly beaten over the head by a heavy iron bar, was discovered 
around 1:15 o’clock last Sunday morning by his son, who went to the bakery 
at the insistence of Mrs. Harrison.  The elder Harrison had gone on duty at 
the bakery about 6 o’clock Sunday evening, as was his custom.  About 7:30 p.m. 
he telephoned his wife at their residence on W. 34th Street, but broke off 
the conversation after telling her he heard someone at the door.  He promised 
to call again.

   After waiting a reasonable time for the call. Mrs. Harrison attempted to 
telephone her husband at the bakery, but got no answer.  She continued to call 
for several hours without success.  About 1:15 a.m. the watchman’s son became 
alarmed and went to the bakery, but could not summon his father to the door. 
Forcing his way through a side window, he found Harrison lying unconscious in 
a room in which sugar was stored.  The iron bar was nearby.

   The injured man was taken to Norfolk General Hospital, where he was 
admitted for a fractured skull, multiple lacerations of the scalp, and shock. 
He died about eight hours later.

   Harrison, a native of this county, had been a resident of Norfolk for 
fifteen years.  He was a member of Mt. Carmel Christian Church in Isle of 
Wight County.  About forty years ago, he lived with his parents and brothers 
in the cottage on Norfleet Street now numbered 503.  The Harrisons moved from 
here to the Walters community many years ago.  If memory is not at fault, 
Charles Harrison, father of the deceased, at one time had a store in a frame 
building back of the store now occupied by Soble’s Department Store and sold 
fish and ice, access to this store was by way of an alley on which now stands 
the building used by W.F. Hart for his jewelry store.

   Besides his wife, Mrs. Josie Harrison, he is survived by two daughters, 
Mrs. R.T. Kent of Long Island, N.Y., and Miss Mary Ann Harrison of Norfolk; 
four sons, Fenton Wallace Harrison of Franklin, and Joseph C., Robert E. and 
William H. Harrison, Jr., of Norfolk; and two brothers R.T. Harrison of 
Newport News and J.O. Harrison of Norfolk.

   Funeral services for Mr. Harrison were conducted at the Hollomon-Brown 
Funeral Home in Norfolk on Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock by the Rev. Kenneth 
E. Burke, pastor of the Burrows Memorial Baptist Church, and the Rev. A.B. 
Blount, pastor of the Kempsville Baptist Church.  Burial was in the cemetery 
at Beaver Dam Church in Isle of Wight County.


William Henry HARRISON, of Norfolk, night watchman, Southampton Co. native, 
beaten in robbery, Nolde Bakery, d. 20 Apr 1947, Norfolk, age 54, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery**, 20 Apr 1947, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 25, No. 27, Tues., Apr. 22, 1947, p. 1, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137586756, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 41, No. 26, Fri., Apr. 25, 1947, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Beaver Dam list (BC-39) - an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - 
   is also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137586756. 

D.Cert. 7830 (Norfolk #722) 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 26, 1953, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h625j2ob.txt 


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