Nansemond-Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Council, Sallie A. Johnson, 1945 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. S. A. Council Buried Monday Mrs. Sally A. Council, 72, died at her residence near Battery Park Saturday morning at 6 o'clock. She is survived by four sons, O.B., I.B., L.M. and C.S. Council; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Beale and Mrs. Allen Beale, of Southampton County, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Monday at the grave, in Cedar Hill cemetery, Suffolk, at 3 PM by the Rev. L.F. Paulette, pastor of the Smithfield Baptist Church. Sallie Anne (JOHNSON; Mrs. George M.*) COUNCIL, b. 21 Jun 1872*, Southampton Co., d. 13 Jan 1945, at home, near Battery Park, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block S, Lot 45*), Suffolk, 15 Jan 1945, "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 27, No. 42, Wed., Jan. 17, 1945, p. 1 *Additional information: Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #91650676. D.Cert. 1678 (Newport #1) gives widow of Kenneth COUNCIL. Sallie, age 23, daughter of Nathan & Mary Jane (DUCK) JOHNSON, & George M. COUNCILL, 27, son of George W. & Elizabeth (LUTER) COUNCILL, 19 Jan 1898. (Southampton Co. MB9:305) The 1880 Census - Jerusalem Dist., So.Co. - gives age 8. The 1900 Census - Jerusalem Dist., So.Co. - gives b. Jan 1877. The family appears in the 1930 Census on Farm #20, Blackwater - Courtland Rd., Jerusalem Dist., So.Co.; it gives George, age 59, & Sallie, 57. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c524s3ob.txt