Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Howell, William H. Sr., 1929 

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WILLIAM HENRY HOWELL, SR. 

William H. Howell Dies In Hospital After Long Illness 

  William Henry Howell, aged 73 years, prominent farmer of Nansemond County, 
died Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in a local hospital. 

  He is survived by his widow, who was formerly Miss Mattie Eley, and nine 
children, Mrs. Milton Holland, of Holland, Mrs. Maude Jones of Petersburg, 
Va., Mrs. Marvin Reid of Holland, J.A. Howell, R.B. Howell, W.H. Howell, Jr., 
of Holland, I.K. Howell of Portsmouth, Robert Howell and Joseph Howell of 
Holland. 

  Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the residence 
near Holland, conducted by the Rev. W.C. Hook, assisted by Dr. N.G. Newman. 
Interment will be in the family cemetery. 

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Funeral Rites Saturday [sic; Friday] for Late William Howell 

  The funeral services of William H. Howell were held Friday afternoon at 3 
o'clock at the residence near Holland, Va., conducted by the Rev. Hook, 
assisted by Dr. N.G. Newman.  There were many handsome floral designs. 

  Active pallbearers were John Eley, Henry Eley, Milton Holland, Marvin Reid, 
Elmer Holland, Clarence Morgan, Owen Reid, John A. Rawles, Linwood Holland; 
honorary, Dr. G.G. Holland, Lee Harrison, Lonnie Harrell, J.C. Griffin, J.T. 
Rawles, Jule Rawles, S.W. Holland, H.A. Luke, W.W. Darden, B.W. Council, L.J. 
Daughtrey, John Cutchins, Charlie Reid, Edd Reid, J.P. Dalton, A.J. Holland, 
W.J. Holland, E.T. Holland, Jobie Harrell, J.L. Eley. 

  Interment was made in the family cemetery.


William Henry HOWELL, Sr., farmer, 
b. 15 Jun 1856, Nansemond Co.*, d. 17 Apr 1929, Suffolk, 
interred in the HOWELL family cemetery*, South Quay Rd., near Holland, 
   19 Apr 1929, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 29, Thurs., Apr. 18, 1929, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 32, Sun., Apr. 21, 1929, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Buried with his first wife Mary Eliza (GARDNER) HOWELL (1851 - 1915). 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (NV-II-4), an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt 

D.Cert. 11221 (Suffolk #140) gives b. Nansemond Co.; husband of Mattie E. 
   HOWELL; the informant was Mr. Marvin REED of Holland. 
   [Ancestry.com reads his wife as "Mallie."] 

A scan - added by Robert Thompson - of the obverse of the D.Cert. is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #233969628 [no grave photo].  The reverse states he 
   accidentally fell off his porch; he fractured his hip, and d. of hypostatic 
   pneumonia. 

He was the son of Alfred & Louisa HOWELL.  [D.Cert. gives mother as Louise.] 

His family appears in the 1860 Census - Upper Parish, Nansemond Co. - adjacent 
   P.H. & Joanna LEE. 

The record of his first marriage gives b. Southampton Co., but that could 
   refer to his wife; her parents, James Madison & "Pollie" Mary F. (HARCUM) 
   GARDNER, were both b. in Southampton Co.  (Nansemond Co. M.Reg. 1877 #112)  

William 2m. "Mattie" Martha Elizabeth ELEY,  daughter of James & Martha 
   (WHITFIELD) ELEY,  28 Jan 1920 in Suffolk.  Mattie (1879 - 1958) is 
   buried with their son Joseph Dayton HOWELL (1923 -1985) in South Quay 
   Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   South Quay list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/squay.txt 

Mattie's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," June 10, 1958, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h400m7ob.txt 


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