Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Richard, William J., 1957 

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William L. [sic; J.] Richards Funeral Sunday 

  Funeral services for William James Richard, 85, who died at 12:15 a.m. today 
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.L. Thompson, Sr., 314 Cedar Street, will 
be conducted Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at at the I.O. Hill and Co. Funeral Home by 
the Rev. George Alley, pastor of Suffolk Christian Church.  Burial will be in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery with Masonic Rites at the graveside. 

  A member of the Suffolk Christian Church and the Baraca Sunday School Class, 
he was the husband of the late Rosa Emma Jones Richards and the son of the 
late John James Richards and Mary Louise Turner Richards of Isle of Wight 
County. 

  He was employed by the Virginian Railroad for 32 years and retired in 1937. 
He was the oldest member of Masonic Lodge No. 30, A.F. and A.M. of Suffolk and 
received his 60-year pin in 1950. 

  Other than the daughter with whom he made his home, he is survived by 
another daughter, Mrs. W.M. Aston Sr. of Buckhorn; two sons, Curry Richards of 
Suffolk and Earl Richards of Norfolk; one brother, E.L. Richards of Durham, 
N.C.; twelve grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. 

[photo, captioned:] 
William James Richards 


William James RICHARDS, retired Virginian R.R. section foreman, 
b. 23 Jul 1871, Isle of Wight Co., d. 1 Mar 1957, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 66*), Suffolk, 3 Mar 1957, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 35, No. 51, Fri., Mar. 1, 1957, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #135574729. 

D.Cert. 6490 (Suffolk #16) 

His parents are buried in Mt. Carmel Christian Church Cemetery, Walters. 
   Mount Carmel list - another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 


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