Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wilson, Pocahontas Uzzell, 1960 

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Mrs. Wilson, 63, Dies Tuesday 

  Mrs. Pocahontas Uzzell Wilson, 63, retired employe of the Veterans 
Administration in Washington, died today at 5:15 a.m. at Obici Memorial 
Hospital after an illness of three months. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at the Baker 
Funeral Home by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of Bethlehem Christian Church. 
Burial will be in the Uzzell Methodist Church Cemetery, Isle of Wight County. 

  Mrs. Wilson was employed by the Veterans Administration for 16 years, 
retiring in 1958 at which time she came to live with her sister, Mrs. Elsie 
Byrd Corbitt of Route 4, Nansemond County. 

  A member of Bethlehem Christian Church, she was the daughter of the late 
John F. Uzzell and Elizabeth Atkins Uzzell of Nansemond County and was the 
widow of Jesse C. Wilson. 

  Besides her sister, she is survived by four nephews, Fred H. Byrd and D.A. 
Gwaltney of Nansemond County, Lafayette Gwaltney of Chuckatuck, and Elton 
Gwaltney of Smithfield; two nieces, Mrs. Jack L. Bailey of Vacaville, Calif., 
and Mrs. Louise Adams of Norfolk, and 13 great-nieces and nephews. 

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Rites Held Thursday For Mrs. Wilson 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Pocahontas Uzzell Wilson, who died Tuesday, were 
conducted Thursday afternoon at the Baker Funeral Home by the Rev. R.E. 
Brittle pastor of Bethlehem Christian Church.  Burial was in Uzzell's 
Methodist Church Cemetery, Isle of Wight County. 

  Miss Martha Brittle sang "Sleep In Jesus" and "Beyond The Sunset" 
accompanied on the organ by Mrs. William F. Whitley. 

  The casket was covered with a pall of red roses, white carnations and 
baby's breath. 

  Pallbearers were Lafayette Gwaltney, D.A. Gwaltney, Elton Gwaltney, Jordan 
Gardner, Vernie Byrd, Shadie Wilson, Harry Carr and Francis Gwaltney. 

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Mrs. Jesse Wilson Buried July 14 At Uzzells Church 

  Mrs. Pocahontas Uzzell Wilson, 63, retired employee of the Veterans 
Administration in Washington, D. C.. died July 12, 1960 at the Obici Hospital 
after an illness of three months. 

  Funeral services were conducted Thursday, July 14 at 3:30 P.M. at the Baker 
Funeral Home by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of the Bethlehem Christian 
Church. 

  Burial was in the Uzzell Methodist Church Cemetery, Isle of Wight County. 

  Mrs. Wilson was employed by the Veterans Administration for sixteen years, 
retiring in 1958, at which time she came to live with her sister, Mrs. Elsie 
Byrd Corbitt of Route 4, Nansemond County. 

  A member of Bethlehem Christian Church, she was the daughter of the late 
John F. Uzzell and Elizabeth Atkins Uzzell of Nansemond County and was the 
widow of Jesse C. Wilson. 

  Besides her sister, she is survived by four nephews, Fred H. Byrd and D.A. 
Gwaltney of Nansemond County, Lafayette Gwaltney of Chuckatuck, and Elton 
Gwaltney of Smithfield; two nieces, Mrs. Jack L. Bailey of Vacaville, 
California, and Mrs. Louise Adams of Norfolk, and thirteen great-nieces and 
nephews.


Pocahontas (UZZELL; Mrs. Jesse Copeland) WILSON, retired V.A. employee, 
b. 18 Apr 1896, Nansemond Co., d. 12 Jul 1960, Suffolk, 
interred in Uzzell Methodist Church Cemetery*, 14 Jul 1960, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 164, July 12, 1960, p. 3, col. 2; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 167, July 15, 1960, p. 3, col. 3; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 41, No. 30, July 21, 1960, p. 1 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #13: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Her parents are buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor. 
   IWCHS GSSTF report #20. 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 19609 (Chuckatuck #16), which gives nickname Peggy. 

She was sometimes called Pokey or Patsy. 

She was involved in a chancery suit over the division of her in-laws' 
   property ("Smithfield Times," Vol. 26, No. 1, Mar. 25, 1943, p. 1): 

Legal Notice 

VIRGINIA: IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF 
ISLE OF WIGHT, THE 22ND DAY OF MARCH, 1943. 

ORDER OF PUBLICATION 

Shadie B. Wilson, R. Burton Wilson, Jack H. Wilson, Tessie Wilson Eley and 
Elizabeth Wilson Jordan 

Vs.) In Chancery, No. 823. 

Willie Wilson, Pocahontas Uzzell Wilson, John E. Chapman, Sr., Virginia 
Chapman Dashiell, John E. Chapman, Jr., Louise Chapman Marshall, Webster 
Chapman and Ailene Chapman, the last named being an infant over the age of 
fourteen (14) years, and F. L. Wilson, Trustee. , 

  The object of this cause is to have partition of a certain tract of land 
situate in Newport Magisterial District, County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, 
containing one hundred ninety-eight (198) acres, more or less, and adjoining 
the lands of James R. Wilson, John R. Darden, and being the same land in which 
Virginia B. Wilson, now deceased, had a life right with the remainder to her 
children by John B. Wilson. , , 

  And an affidavit having been made and filed that one of the respondents, 
Pocahontas Uzzell Wilson, is a non-resident of this State and that her last 
known postoffice address was 3533 13th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.  It is, 
therefore, ordered that the said Pocahontas Uzzell Wilson do appear within ten 
(10) days after the due publication of this order, in the Clerk's Office of 
our said Circuit Court, and do what is necessary to protect her interests. 
And it is-further ordered that a copy of this order be published once a week 
for four (4) successive weeks in the Smithfield Times, that another copy 
thereof be posted on the front door of the Courthouse of this Court on or 
before the next succeeding rule day, and that another copy be mailed to the 
said Pocahontas Uzzell Wilson at the postoffice address given in said 
affidavit. 

          R. A. EDWARDS, Clerk. 
A. E. S. Stephens, p. q. 
  A copy 
     Teste: R A. Edwards, Clerk. 
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