Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Howell, William C., 1930 

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William C. Howell, Prominent Citizen, Is Taken By Death 

  William Conway Howell, 49, a prominent resident of Suffolk, died last night 
at his home on Cedar street from the effects of pneumonia which he contracted 
after a case of flu. 

  Mr. Howell was the son of Mrs. Wortley Howell and the late W.H. Howell and 
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sadie Hiltner Howell; three daughters, Mrs. 
Whitmore and Misses Sara and Margaret Howell; two sons, William C. Howell and 
Charles Howell; one brother, Harvey Howell, and two sisters, Mrs. Mills Hines 
and Mrs. A.L. Roberts, of Portsmouth, one grandchild, Joan Whitmore. 

  Mr. Howell was a life-long member of the First Baptist Church and a member 
of the Men's Bible Class, and was also a member of the Junior Order United 
American Mechanics.  He was associated with the firm of Holland Beamon 
Company, of this city, at the time of his death.  He had been with them for 
23 years.  No funeral arrangements have been announced. 


William Conway HOWELL, salesman, 
b. 21 Jan 1882, Nansemond Co., d. 10 Mar 1930, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 78*), Suffolk, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 316, Tues., Mar. 11, 1930, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #193058888. 

His parents are buried in the same lot. 

D.Cert. 6662 (Suffolk #47) 

His father (1840 - 1914) was a Confederate veteran, having served as 
   2nd Corporal in Co. A, 16th VA Infantry. 


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