Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephens, D. William, 1964 

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Will Stephens, Of Carrsville, Succumbs at 85 

  CARRSVILLE - D. William (Will) Stephens, 85, retired farmer of Carrsville 
community, died Tuesday night in Southampton Memorial Hospital after an 
illness of several weeks. 

  Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the W.J.M. Holland 
Funeral Home by the Rev. Donald E. Trump, pastor of Colosse Baptist Church, 
and the Rev. Edwin C. Thornton, Jr., pastor of Beaver Dam Baptist Church. 
Burial will be Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, he was a member of Colosse Baptist Church 
and was the husband of the late Jennie Hines Stephens. 

  He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Homan Powell and Mrs. Presley Carr of 
Zuni, Mrs. Frank Culdens of Walters and Mrs. Curtis Rhodes of Carrsville; 
three sons, J.J. Stephens of Carrsville, J.W. Stephens of Walters and F.A. 
Stephens of Franklin; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. 

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D. WILLIAM STEPHENS 

   Funeral service for D. William (Will) Stephen, 85, was held in Holland 
Funeral Chapel here Thursday at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Donald E. Trump and 
the Rev. Edwin C. Thornton Jr.  Burial was at Colosse Church Cemetery.

   Mr. Stephens, a retired farmer, died Tuesday in Southampton Memorial 
Hospital after illness of several weeks.

   A son of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cones Stephens of Isle of Wight County, he 
was the husband of the late Mrs. Jennie Hines Stephens.  He was a member of 
Colosse Baptist Church.

   Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Homan Powell and Mrs. Pressley Carr 
of Zuni, Mrs. Frank Cutchins of Walters and Mrs. Curtis Rhodes of Carrsville; 
three sons, J.J. Stephens of Carrsville, J.W. Stephens of Walters and F.A. 
Stephens of Franklin; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.


Doctor William "Will" STEPHENS, retired Carrsville farmer, 
b. 20 Sep 1878, Isle of Wight Co., d. 4 Feb 1964, Franklin, 
interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery*, Collosse, 6 Feb 1964, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 41, No. 31, Wed., Feb. 5, 1964, p. 5; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 10, 1964, Sect. I, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - 
   is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #110572214. 

D.Cert. 3332 (Franklin #17) 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 14, 1957, I-5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/s315j7ob.txt 


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