Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Rountree, William J., 1929 

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      SUFFOLK FUNERALS 

       WILLIAM J. ROUNTREE 

  Suffolk, Oct. 28. - Funeral services for William J. Rountree were held 
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Whaleyville Methodist Church by the Rev. 
J.S. Maxey, assisted by the Rev. J.R. Taylor.  Appropriate hymns were sung by 
the choir, and "Abide With Me," was sung by Miss Mildred Jones, accompanied by 
Mrs. J.T. Umphlette.  There were many floral tributes. 

  Active pallbearers were grandsons and nephews, W.E. and E.T. Harrell, 
Linwood, Kelly and Shirley Rountree, George Smith and Tommie and Robbie 
Horton; honorary, A.G. Whichard, Charlie Rountree, Dr. H.H. Hunter, Harry 
Taylor, J.L. Harcum, Charlie Baker, Alto Byrd, Jadie Byrd, Alva Byrd; J.C. 
Russell, E.A. Brothers, Ernest Lowe, H.E. Savage, J.H. Vaughn, Charlie Taylor, 
H.K. Parker and George G. Smith.  Burial was in Whaleyville Cemetery. 


William Joshua ROUNTREE, farmer, 
b. 10 Sep 1851*, Nansemond Co., d. 26* Oct 1929, Whaleyville, 
interred in Whaleyville Methodist Church Cemetery*, 27 Oct 1929, 
"Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 115, No. 29, Tues., Oct. 29, 1929, 
   p. 22 

*Additional information: 

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

It shows b. 8 Nov 1850, d. 25 Oct 1929. 

D.Cert. 24813 (Whaleyville  #2) 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

The 1900 Census - Cypress Dist., Nansemond Co. - gives b. Feb 1851, widowed. 

He 1m. Martha E. BYRD, daughter of William & Mary, Dec 1869, in Gates Co., NC. 

His widow's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," July 11 & 15, 1935) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r536a3ob.txt 

He was the son of Nathaniel ROUNTREE & his first wife Elizabeth A.  Nathaniel, 
   b. ca. 1814, the son of William III & Phelitia/Letitia (BAINES) ROUNTREE, 
   2m. widow Mary Ann (LASSITER) RIDDICK 10 Jan 1867 in Nansemond Co. 
   Nathaniel is buried unmarked in the SAWYER-RUSSELL family cemetery on 
   Collins Rd.  (Find a Grave Memorial #194917233) 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (NV-III-2), 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol3.txt 

William's half-brother William Henry ROUNTREE (1876 - 1957) is buried in 
   Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery. 
   Liberty Spring list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/liberty.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r536w2ob.txt