Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Robertson, William S. Jr., 1981 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ WILLIAM SKINNER ROBERTSON JR. CARRSVILLE - A graveside service for William Skinner Robertson Jr., 71, will be held Friday at 11 p.m. in the cemetery of Beaverdam Baptist Church by the Rev. Hargus Taylor. Wright Funeral Home is in charge. Robertson died Tuesday in his home. A native of Warren County, N.C., he was the husband of Mrs. Queenie Wright Robertson. He was a retired farmer and a member of Wakefield Baptist Church. Other survivors include two sons, Dr. William Glenn Robertson of Levenworth, Kan., and the Rev. Thomas Wright Robertson of Hampton; three sisters, Mrs. Weston R. Northington of Littleton, N.C.; Mrs. Sallie R. Harrison and Mrs. Elvina R. Ponter of Durham, N.C. William Skinner ROBERTSON, Jr., retired farmer, Warren Co., NC native, d. 28 Jul 1981, at home, age 71, interred in Beaverdam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Franklin, 31 Jul 1981, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 30, 1981, p. 10A *Beaver Dam list (BD-66), an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt His widow's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Aug. 16, 2000, B9) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/r163q1ob.txt Son Dr. William Glenn Robertson is a military historian and the author of "Back Door to Richmond: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign, April-June 1864" (1991; ISBN-13: 978-0807116722), among other works. 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/r163w4ob.txt