Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wilson, Walter D., 1931 

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WALTER DAVID WILSON 

WALTER WILSON DROWNS HIMSELF IN PAGAN RIVER 

Smithfield Automobile Man's Body Found After Long Search Friday Night 

  Walter D. Wilson, 56, prominent citizen of Smithfield and former resident of 
Suffolk, Friday night drowned himself in Pagan River at Smithfield, his body 
being located at the foot of Wharf Hill Saturday morning about 3 o'clock.

  Mr. Wilson, formerly in the automobile business, had been unemployed several 
months.  When he failed to come home Friday night at the usual hour Mrs. 
Wilson telephoned relatives who went out to look for him.

  At 11 o'clock, after an unavailing search for hours, others were called in 
the search was pressed and the body was found by R.A. Edwards, brother-in-law.

  Mr. Wilson's overcoat, neatly folded; with his hat lying on top, was found 
on the wharf after the body was located.

  A verdict of suicide by drowning was returned by Coroner Ren Parker after an 
inquest.

  Mr. Wilson is a son of Emmett W. Wilson, who survived him, and is also 
survived by his wife, Mrs. Elsie Edwards Wilson; a daughter, Mabel Wilson and 
one sister, Mrs. Rufus Smith, all of Smithfield.

  Mr. Wilson was at one time secretary-treasurer of the B.P. Gay Motor 
Company, Smithfield and while is Suffolk was connected with the R.G. Edgerton 
Motor Company.

  Funeral services were largely attended and were conducted at the grave in 
Ivy Hill Cemetery, Smithfield, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. T. 
McN. Simpson.


Walter David WILSON, of Smithfield, formerly of Suffolk, 
suicide by drowning 6 Nov 1931, Pagan River, Smithfield, age 56, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 8 Nov 1931, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 12, No. 32, Nov. 12, 1931 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #48: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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