Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, Bessie Morris, 1959 

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Mrs. Stephenson Succumbs at 85 

  SMITHFIELD - Mrs. Bessie Morris Channell Stephenson, 85, widow of William 
G. Stephenson, died Thursday at 11:45 p.m. at the Riverside Hospital, Newport 
News, after a short illness. 

  She was a member of Benns Methodist Church, a charter member of Smithfield 
Woman's Club and a member of the Col. William Allen Chapter of the Daughters 
of American Revolution. 

  She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Frank G. Berryman and Mrs. Eugene A. 
Mannion of Smithfield; Mrs. Harry Keltz of Newport News; Mrs. William Garrett 
of Montgomery, Ala., and Mrs. O. Gordon Delk Jr. of Arlington, and seven 
grandchildren. 

  The body was taken to the Jones Funeral Home. 


Bessie (MORRIS CHANNELL; Mrs. William G.) STEPHENSON, 
b. 19 Jun 1873, Isle of Wight Co., d. 25 Jun 1959, Newport News, 
interred in St. Luke's Memorial Park*, Benns Church, 28 Jun 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 151, Fri., June 26, 1959, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #18: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Ed W - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #152194512. 

She is buried with her first husband, Arthur Otis CHANNELL (1868 - 1946). 
   They m. 7 Jan 1896, in Isle of Wight Co. 

D.Cert. 14066 

Her parents, Hezekiah Thomas "Tom" & Emily E. Ada (WHITLEY) MORRIS, 
   are buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor. 
   Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   {IWCHS GSSTF report #20} 

Her second husband may be identical with William Griffith STEPHENSON (1871 - 
   1959), buried with his wife Caroline (BENNETT) STEPHENSON (1876 - 1942) in 
   Memorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, Boone Co., MI. 
   (Find a Grave Memorial #51135669 &c.) 

Rev. James Edwin STEPHENSON (1834 - 1898) 3m. widow "Mollie" Mary A. 
   (GRIFFITH) SMITH (b. ca. 1846), 4 Jan 1871, in Prince George Co. 
   Their first son was named William G. 


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