Nansemond County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Simpson, William C., 1939 

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SIMPSON RITES AT CEDAR HILL 

Former Whaleyville Man To Be Buried Here Wednesday 

  Funeral services for William Charles Simpson, 89-year-old resident of 
Norfolk, who died there Monday afternoon at the residence of his son, Charles 
M. Simpson, will be held at the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Norfolk, 
Wednesday at two o'clock.  Burial will be here in Cedar Hill cemetery. 

  A native of Hertford, Mr. Simpson was a resident of Whaleyville until moving 
to Norfolk about 20 years ago.  At Whaleyville he was active in religious 
circles, being superintendent of the Great Fork Baptist Church for 35 years 
and was a member of the board of deacons. 

  In Norfolk, Mr. Simpson attended Spurgeon Memorial Baptist Church, where he 
was deacon emeritus. 

  He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Clarence Harrell, of this city, and 
Mrs. L.D. Edmonds, of Norfolk; five sons, W.B. Simpson, of Franklin; George R. 
Simpson, of Russellville, S.C., Charles M., Frank O., and Harvey S. Simpson, 
all of Norfolk; eight grandchildren; three great grandchildren and a great, 
great [grand]child. 


William Charles SIMPSON, of Norfolk, formerly of Whaleyville, 
b. 2 Oct 1850, Hertford, Perquimans Co., NC, 
d. 20 Nov 1939, at son's home, Norfolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 52*), Suffolk, 22 Nov 1939, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 17, No. 206, Tues., Nov. 21, 1939, p. 1 

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


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