Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Williford, Annie L. Gay, 1954 

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Funeral Rites Friday For Mrs. Williford 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Lee Turner Williford, 65, who died 
unexpectedly yesterday afternoon at 5:45 p.m. at her home, 118 Finney Avenue, 
will be held Friday afternoon at the Antioch Christian Church with the Rev. 
Ellis Clark officiating.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery. 

  The body will remain at the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home until Friday 
at 2:15 p.m. at which time the funeral procession will leave for the church. 

  She is survived by her husband, J.W. Williford, of Suffolk; five daughters, 
Mrs. E.L. Nelms, Mrs. Steve Robinson, both of Norfolk; Mrs. Farrow Lanier, of 
Franklin, Mrs. George L. Clark, of Richmond and Mrs. L.M. Duck, of Suffolk; 
two sons, Lieutenant John W. Williford, USAF, and William Robert Williford, 
of Tennessee; three sisters, Mrs. W.H. Ramsey and Mrs. A.A. Hedgepeth, both 
of Norfolk, and Mrs. Susie Bell, of Deep Creek; a brother, L.T. Gay, of 
Myrtle, Va.; 18 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. 

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Funeral Friday For Mrs. Annie Williford 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Lee Turner Williford, who died Tuesday at 
her home at 118 Finney Avenue, will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at 
the Antioch Christian Church with the Rev. Ellis Clark, pastor, officiating. 

  Interment will take place in the church cemetery.  The body will remain at 
the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home until 2:15 p.m. at which time it will 
be taken to the church. 

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Funeral Friday For Mrs. Annie Williford 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Lee Turner Williford, who died Tuesday at 
her home at 118 Finney Avenue, will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at 
the Antioch Christian Church with the Rev. Ellis Clark, pastor, officiating. 

  Interment will take place in the church cemetery.  The body will remain at 
the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home until 2:15 p.m. at which time it will 
be taken to the church. 


Annie Lee (GAY TURNER; Mrs. Joseph W.) WILLIFORD, 
b. May 1885, Isle of Wight Co., d. 16 Mar 1954, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 19 Mar 1954, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 32, No. 64, Wed., Mar. 17, 1954, p. 2; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 32, No. 65, Thurs., Mar. 18, 1954, p. 9; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 32, No. 67, Sun., Mar. 21, 1954, p. 5 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104681710. 

Her mother, Hattie E. (CROCKER; Mrs. "Jim" James R.) GAY (1872 - 1921), 
   is also buried there, unmarked.  Hattie's D.Cert. 13001 (Newport #4) 
   gives daughter of George & Ella (TAYLOR) WALKER; the informant was her 
   son Jesse GAY. 

Her father (1859 - 1922) was buried near Indika.  (D.Cert. 15718 
   {Newport #9}) 

Annie's D.Cert. 5859 (Suffolk #3) gives her mother's maiden name as Hattie 
   TAYLOR GAY; the informant was her widower. 

Joseph (1886 - 1961) is buried with his parents in Newman Memorial Cemetery, 
   Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck.  They m. 30 Jan 1924 in Windsor. 

Annie 1m. William Robert TURNER (1871 - 1941), 3 Jul 1907 in IoW.Co. 
   Their m.rec. gives him as widowed, but he appears in the Census 1900-40 
   with his first wife, Ada (JOYNER) TURNER (1871 - 1951).  They are buried 
   in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.  {IWCHS GSSTF report #56} 

Ada's Find a Grave Memorial #105688754 gives Ada Turner (TURNER) GASKILL. 

Ada's second husband, John Henry "Harry" GASKILL (1881 - 1958), is buried in 
   Denbigh Baptist Church, Newport News.  (Find a Grave Memorial #240538811) 


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