Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, William H., 1953 

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WILLIAM H. SMITH 

  Funeral services for William H. Smith, 77, a former resident of Nansemond 
County, who died Friday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William L. 
Muir, Jr., of Baltimore, Md., will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at 
the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home. 

  Services will be conducted by Dr. Jesse H. Dollar and the Rev. R.E. Brittle. 
Burial will follow in the Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery. 

  Besides Mrs. Muir, the deceased is survived by four daughters, Mrs. D.A. 
Eakers, of Nashville, Tennessee, Mrs. R.W. Graham, Mrs. D.C. Thompson, and 
Mrs. Edgar Hood, all of Baltimore; a son, W.C. Smith, of Hopewell; several 
grandchildren and two great grandchildren. 


William Henry SMITH, retired carpenter, 
b. 7 Sep 1875, Cleveland Co., NC, 
d. 13 Mar 1953, at daughter's home, Baltimore, MD, 
interred in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery*, 16 Mar 1953, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 31, No. 62, Sun., Mar. 15, 1953, p. 7 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Little Louise - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #43806593. 

Both of his wives, Mary Elizabeth (HAMILTON) RAWLES (1827 - 1881) & Cassandra 
   "Cassander" (BYRD) RAWLES (1836 - 1917), are also buried there. 

He was the son of Oliver & Mary (BEATTIE/BEATY) RAWLES. 


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