Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitehead, William C., 1955 

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W.C. Whitehead Sheriff Of I-W Buried Dec. 21st 

  William Colgate Whitehead, Isle of Wight County sheriff, died at his home 
in Smithfield Monday, December 19, 1955, following an illness of several 
months. 

  He was a lifelong resident of Smithfield and a member of Christ Episcopal 
Church.  Mr. Whitehead had been sheriff of Isle of Wight County for 28 years, 
and was to retire from office January 1. 

  He was a member of the National Sheriffs' Association, the Smithfield Union 
Lodge No. 18, A.F. & A.M., the Smithfield Royal Arch Chapter No. 67, and of 
the George F. Dashiell Post 49, American Legion.  He was a veteran of World 
War I. 

  A son of the late Arthur R. and Virginia Cowper Whitehead, he is survived 
by his widow, Mrs. Neva Whiteside Whitehead; a daughter, Mrs. Ferdinand Lewis 
Salomon of Charlottesville, and two nephews, John D. Whitehead, Orlando, Fla., 
and Richard C. Whitehead of Springfield, Va. 

  Funeral services were conducted at St. Luke's Memorial Cemetery, Benns 
Church, Wednesday at 2 P.M. by the Rev. E.H. Forster, rector of Christ 
Episcopal Church, and the Rev. William Brayshaw, former rector, and the Rev. 
G.W.M. Taylor, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church.  Masonic rites were 
conducted at the grave. 

  The funeral procession left the Bullock Funeral Home at 1:45 P.M.  Friends 
were asked to omit flowers. 

[photo, captioned:] 
   Jesse J. Scott Photo Copy 
W. C. WHITEHEAD 
Sheriff 
DIED MONDAY 


William Colgate WHITEHEAD, 28-year Sheriff of Isle of Wight Co., 
   Army veteran of WW-I, 
b. 25 Jul 1886, Isle of Wight Co., d. 19 Dec 1955, at home, Smithfield, 
interred in St. Luke's Memorial Park*, Benns Church, 21 Dec 1955, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 31, No. 30, Thurs., Dec. 22, 1955, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of Sheriff WHITEHEAD - added by George Seitz & Martha Fontaine Byrum - 
   and one of his gravestone - added by Christina Atkinson - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #27831106. 

D.Cert. 29010 (Newport #47) 

His parents & paternal grandparents are buried in the Windsor Castle Cemetery, 
   Jericho Rd.  {IWCHS GSSTF #23} 

Find a Grave calls it the Whitehead-Goodwin Cemetery.  (Cemetery ID #2445068) 

An article ("Smithfield Times," Sep. 23, 1937, p. 1) on his farm, in the 
   family for 300 years, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/news/19370923st.txt 


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