Nansemond-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Goodrich, William B., 1956 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ WILLIAM BENJAMIN GOODRICH WILLIAM B. GOODRICH SUCCUMBS HERE AT 83 William Benjamin (Captain Billy) Goodrich, 83 died at 10:30 p.m. yesterday at his home on Morgan Street after a long illness. He was the husband of the late Hattie Jones Goodrich and son of the late Jim and Betty Pittman Goodrich of Surry County. Mr. Goodrich is survived by one daughter, Miss India Bette Goodrich, of the home; four sons, J. Wallace Goodrich, of Suffolk, Wesley L. Goodrich and J.G. Goodrich of Portsmouth and J. Benny Goodrich, of Norfolk; 11 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. He was a member of the Suffolk Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the I.O. Hill Funeral Home. Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. William Benjamin "Captain Billy" GOODRICH, retired sawyer, Surry Co. native, d. 1 Jul 1956, at home, Suffolk, age 83, interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk, 4 Jul 1956, "The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," July 2, 1956 *Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 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/g362w1ob.txt