Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Arthur, Will S., 1938 

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"WILL" WILLIAM SYLVESTER ARTHUR 

SOMERTON MAN DIES EARLY TODAY 

Funeral Services For W. S. Arthur To Be Conducted Sunday 

  W.S. Arthur, son of the late P.H. and Margaret L. Arthur, died early this 
morning at the home of his nephew, John Goodman Arthur, in Somerton, N.C. 
[sic; Va.], after a brief illness of pneumonia.  He was 60 years of age. 

  The body was taken to I.O. Hill Funeral Home.  Funeral services will be held 
at the Somerton Methodist church at 3 p.m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. J.F. 
Johnston. 

  He is survived by a sister, Mrs. R.W. Hayes, of Gates county, N.C.; a 
brother, Tom B. [sic; V.] Arthur, of Somerton, and seven nieces and nephews. 

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   MORTUARY 

        WILL S. ARTHUR 

  Funeral services for Will S. Arthur were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock 
at the Somerton Methodist church, conducted by the Rev. J.S. Johnston. 
Members of the church choir, accompanied by Mrs. W.L. Vann, sang the hymns 
"How Firm A Foundation" and "Rock of Ages." 

  The casket was covered with a pall of Ascension lilies and roses.  Active 
pallbearers were G.T. Ellis, W.J. Parker, W.L. Vann, B.T. Parker, R.R. 
Langston, Everette Pittman, Ray Freeman, J. Huett Freeman.  Honorary 
pallbearers were friends of the family. 

  Interment was in the Holy Neck Church cemetery, near Holland, Va. 


"Will" William Sylvester ARTHUR, merchant, 
b. Sep 1878, Hertford Co., NC, d. 29 Jan 1938, Somerton, 
interred in Holy Neck Christian Church Cemetery*, 30 Jan 1938, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 15, No. 265, Sat., Jan. 29, 1938, p. 6; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 15, No. 266, Mon., Jan. 31, 1938, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Unmarked?  Added to the Holy Neck list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holynk.txt 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

Birthdate from the 1900 Census - Cypress Dist., Nansemond Co. 

D.Cert. #4504 (Whaleyville Dist.) also gives age 60; it does not give the 
   burial site. 

His brother Tom is buried in Somerton Methodist Church Cemetery. 
   Somerton Methodist list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/sommeth.txt 


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