Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gilliam, Annie L. Powell, 1940 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ANNIE LEE POWELL GILLIAM MRS. R. C. GILLIAM Suffolk - Mrs. Annie Lee Powell Gilliam, 78, wife of the late Richard Claiborne Gilliam, of Chuckatuck, died Sunday at 5:45 o'clock a.m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.W. Hughes, of Highland Springs. The body was brought to the funeral home of R.W. Baker & Co., and will be taken to her home in Chuckatuck Tuesday morning. Funeral services were held at the grave in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Chuckatuck, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock conducted by the Rev. Paul R. Best. Mrs. Gilliam is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Byron W. Graves of New Kent County, and Mrs. C. Waverly Hughes of Highland Springs, Va.; three sons, Ray T. Gilliam, of Chuckatuck; R. Carlisle Gilliam of Norfolk, and Oliver F. Gilliam of Chicago; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one sister, Mrs. R.B. Hodsden, of Chuckatuck. Annie Lee (POWELL; Mrs. Richard C.) GILLIAM, of Chuckatuck, b. 9 Apr 1861, Isle of Wight Co., d. 21 Jan 1940, at daughter's home, Highland Springs, Henrico Co., interred in Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery*, 23 Jan 1940, "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 20, No. 43, Jan. 25, 1940, p. 1, col. 2 *Wesley Chapel list (WC-8), an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wesleych.txt Her mother, Mary Ann (BUNKLEY BATTIN; Mrs. Nathaniel F.) POWELL, is buried in Old St. Luke's Church Cemetery, Benns Church. Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #17: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Her mother 1m. Edmund BATTIN. Her half-sister Mary Edmund (BATTIN; Mrs. Rbt. Bruce) HODSDEN (1853-1940), was also buried at St. Luke's, but it is unclear in which section. She does not appear on IWCHS GSSTF report #17 or #18. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/g450a3ob.txt