Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cohoon, W. John, 1900 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ WILLIAM JOHN PHILIP COWPER COHOON FUNERAL OF MR. WILLIAM J. COHOON THE FINAL RITES The funeral service of the late Wm. John Cohoon took place at 11 o’clock today from St. Paul’s P.E. Church, the rector, Rev. Joseph B. Dunn, officiating. The remains were interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The following were pallbearers: Active - Dr. H.W. Campbell, A.A. Riddick, E.A. Norfleet, Lee Britt, Wm. E. Hines, John B. Norfleet. Honorary - R.L. Brewer, Sr., W. Parker Mitchell, E.B. Britt, L.S. Baker, H.A. Morgan, Joseph P. Hall, James Clark, James Evans, Hersey Woodward. A long cortege followed the body to its last resting place. William John Philip Cowper COHOON, Confederate veteran, Nansemond Co. native, d. 3 Oct 1900, age 77, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 45*), Suffolk, 5 Oct 1900, "The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Oct. 6, 1900, p. 8 *Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt Joanna appears in the 1870 Census in Chuckatuck Dist., Nansemond Co., w/ parents John & Mary Jane OLIVER. {1wf} She m. Frank W. CROSS 17 Aug 1881, in Suffolk - his 2nd of 4 marriages. Their daughter Buena Vista CROSS AYERS' D.Cert. gives her mother as Sallie Oliver. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c500j1ob.txt