Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, Emily W., 1929 

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EMILY WILLIFORD STEPHENSON

   Miss Emily Williford Stephenson, 94, member of an old and prominent family 
of Southampton County, and whose ancestors fought in the War of the Revolution, 
died last Saturday morning at Virginia Hospital, Suffolk, where for the past 15 
years she had made her home.

   The daughter of William G. and Elizabeth Williford Stephenson, Miss 
Stephenson was widely known throughout Southampton County, where she lived 
until advancing years made it necessary for her to have constant hospital care.

   She was a member of Millfield Baptist Church.  She often told in her 
reminiscences of the coming into use of the things which are commonplace today, 
the sewing machine, the railroads, the electric light, telephone and later 
radio, airplane and automobile.

   She was one of a family of 16 children, of which she was the sole survivor. 
A number of nephews and nieces survive her, among them Percy S. Stephenson and 
Gordon Stephenson of Norfolk; J.B. Stephenson of Berlin; W.G. Stephenson of 
Columbia, Mo.; R.T. Stephenson of Abingdon; J.W. Stephenson of Richmond; Judson 
Stephenson of New York, and Mrs. R.W. Adkins.

   Funeral services were conducted at the grave at Unity Monday afternoon at 4 
o’clock by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson of Franklin Baptist Church.


[Emily Williford STEPHENSON, of Suffolk, 
 Southampton Co. native?, d. 1 Jul 1939, Suffolk, age 94, 
 interred in the family cemetery*, Unity, 3 Jul 1939, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 7, 1939] 

[*Apparently not identical with any STEPHENSON families cemeteries compiled by 
 the Southampton County Historical Society's Cemetery Project (Vol. 1, 4 & 5): 
 http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries.htm] 

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