Nansemond-Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Councill, Hutson, 1948 

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HUTSON COUNCIL

   Suffolk, March 12 - Hutson Council died Thursday at his home here. 
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ollie Whitley Council; two daughters, Mrs. 
Harriet Council Mead, of Florida, and Mrs. Edith Council Macauley, of 
New York City; a sister, Mrs. Gertrude Weaver, of Norfolk; one brother, 
U.M. Council, of Richmond and two grandchildren.  Funeral rites will be 
held at 3:30 P.M. Sunday at R. W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home.  Burial will 
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

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Hutson Council [sic; Councill] Funeral To Be Held on Sunday 

  Mr. Hutson Council, 71, died at his home Thursday night at 10 o'clock.  He 
was the son of the late Joseph Godwin and Indiana Davis Council of Isle of 
Wight County. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ollie Whitley Council, two daughters, Mrs. 
Harriet Council Meade of St. Petersburg, Fla., Mrs. Edith Council Macaulay of 
New York City, two grandsons, William and Charles Meade; one brother, W.M. 
Council; one sister, Mrs. Gertrude Weaver of Norfolk. 

  He was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Masonic Lodge No. 30 and 
Mt. Nebo Royal Arch Chapter No. 20.  He was a Spanish-American War Veteran and 
had made his home in Suffolk for the past twenty-five years. 

  Funeral services will be held at Baker's Funeral Home on Sunday at 3:30 
p.m., by Rev. J. Lester Lane, pastor of the First Baptist Church.  Burial will 
be in Cedar Hill cemetery. 

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HUTSON COUNCILL 

   Hutson Councill, 71, for many years a resident of Franklin, died 
unexpectedly last Thursday night, March 11, at ten o'clock at his home on Clay 
Street, Suffolk, following a heart attack. 

   He was the son of the late Joseph Godwin Councill and Indiana Davis 
Councill of Isle of Wight County, the old Councill homestead being located 
only a short distance from the site of Camp Manufacturing Company's present 
paper mill.  In his youth he learned the machinist's trade in the Company's 
machine shop, and he followed that trade as long as he remained in Franklin. 
He moved to Suffolk about twenty-five years ago, and at the time of his death 
was in the employ of the Suffolk Iron Works.  He served as a lieutenant in the 
Spanish-American War. 

   In Suffolk he was a member of the First Baptist Church, the Causey Camp of 
Veterans of the Spanish-American War, Mount Nebo Royal Arch Chapter No. 20 and 
Suffolk Lodge No. 3, A.F.& A.M. 

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ollie Whitley Councill of Suffolk; two 
daughters, Mrs. Harriett Councill Mead of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mrs. Edith 
Councill Macauley of New York; two grandchildren; one brother, U.M. Councill 
of Richmond; and one sister, Mrs. Gertrude Weaver of Norfolk.  He was the 
uncle of Mrs. Henry Duck, Mrs. Clyde Eley and J.D. Fowler, all of Franklin. 

   Funeral services for Mr. Councill were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3:30 
o'clock at the R.W. Baker Funeral Home, Suffolk, with Rev. J. Lester Lane 
officiating, followed by burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery.  Services at the grave 
were in charge of A.F. & A.M. Lodge 3.  The casket was covered with an 
American flag. 

   Pallbearers were T.O. Palmer, Russell Councill, Willard Councill, Godwin 
Councill, Redwood Councill, Jack Fowler, Lewis Cahoon, R.R. Harrell and Wood 
Ballard.  Honorary pallbearers were Spanish-American War veterans.


Hutson COUNCILL [COUNCIL], retired mechanical engineer, 
   Spanish-American War veteran, 
b. 6 Dec 1876, Isle of Wight Co., d. 11 Mar 1948, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 14 Mar 1948, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 295, Sat., Mar. 13, 1948, p. 1; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 42, No. 21, Fri., Mar. 19, 1948, p. 14 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

Likely buried with his in-laws, Jessie & Harriet (BATTEN) WHITLEY, in 
   Block G, Lot 59.  Cedar Hill list for WHITLEY: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 6227 (Suffolk #91), which also gives COUNCIL. 

His parents, Joseph Godwin & Indianna Virginia (DAVIS) COUNCILL, are buried in 
   Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin - Section 1, Plot 86. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

His widow (1891-1988) is marked in All Saints Episcopal Church Memorial 
   Garden, Winter Park, Orange Co., FL.  (Find a Grave Mem. #133108787) 

The "News-Herald" composing room was gutted by a flash fire early Thursday, 
   Mar. 11, 1948, and no paper was published Mar. 11 or 12. 


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