Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, William K., 1942 

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Youth Dies From Pulley Accident 

  When his clothing became caught in a pulley being used in connection with 
a wood saw at the home of a Mr. Duke, William K. Stephenson 20-year-old 
Collosse citizen, received injuries that resulted in his death Sunday 
afternoon at the Lakeview hospital.  The accident occurred Friday night. 

  The pulley caught his clothing and stripped them from his body.  A blow on 
the abdomen punctured the duodenum causing an internal hemorrage.  This caused 
his death it was determined by an autopsy.  His entire body was bruised, but 
at first it was not believed that any of the injuries were serious. 

  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Stephenson, of Zuni, and a member of Mt. 
Carmel Christian Church.  Besides his parents he leaves a wife, Mrs. Mary 
Louise Stephenson; a brother, James Stephenson, of Windsor; two sisters, Mrs. 
Sallie Bunch, and Mrs. Pearl Briggs, of Norfolk. 

  Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Collosse Baptist 
Church by Rev. T. Fred Wright.  Interment will be in the church cemetery. 


William Keith STEPHENSON, of Collosse, US Navy yard carpenter, 
b. 21 Apr 1922, Isle of Wight Co., d. 6 Dec 1942, Suffolk, 
interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery*, Collosse, 8 Dec 1942, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 20, No. 220, Dec. 7, 1942, p. 1, col. 2 

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

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 26867 (Suffolk #345) 

His parents, James Lorenzo & Mattie Alice STEPHENSON STEPHENSON, are buried in 
   Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk.  Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

William m. Mary Louise TURNER, daughter of Joe Sepha & Ethel (CARR) TURNER, 
   24 Jan 1941 in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co., NC. 

Louise 2m. William Henry TAYLOR 7 May 1945 (Portsmouth #258) 

Louise (1923 - 2016) & William have been added to the Holly Lawn list; 
   her parents are also buried there. 


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