Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stafford, William J., 1958 

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WILLIAM JAMES STAFFORD

W. J. STAFFORD BURIED FRIDAY

   Funeral services for William James Stafford, whose body was found Thursday 
morning in a swamp along the North Carolina Highway, were held Friday 
afternoon at the graveside at the Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery 
with the Rev. R.E. Brittle and the Rev. Earl Farrell officiating.

   According to a coroner’s report Stafford’s death was caused by self-
inflicted gun wounds.

   The church choir song "Does Jesus Care" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye."

   The pall was of red roses, purple and white asters.  Pallbearers were 
Randolph Lynch, Ryland Brinkley, Shirley Baines, Sidney Skinner, Haywood 
Bunch, Earl Bunch, Frank Harrell and Henderson Skinner.


William James STAFFORD, farmer, 
Chowan Co., NC native, suicide 18 Aug 1958, 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 25 Aug 1958, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

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


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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