Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Simons, William J., 1926 

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WILLIAM J. SIMONS

   SUFFOLK, May 18 - William J. Simons, a prominent farmer of Nansemond 
County, died at his home near Myrtle, last night at 11 o’clock, after an 
illness of two weeks, aged 68 years.  He is survived by his widow and three 
sons, Joseph Simons, of Miami, Fla.; Edward Simons, and Will Simons of 
Nansemond County; four sisters, and one brother, Mrs. M.E. Darden, of 
Chuckatuck; Mrs. R.W. Ashburn, of Nansemond County; Mrs. C.T. Nelms of 
Newport News; Mrs. Paul J. Powell of Myrtle, and Samuel J. Simons, of 
Myrtle, who is now very ill at his home.

   The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at 
Western Branch Church, conducted by the Rev. J.S. Cobb, assisted by the Rev. 
L.F. Paulette and the Rev. S.K. Emerian.  Interment will be in the church 
cemetery.


William J. SIMONS, farmer, 
d. 17 May 1926, at home, near Myrtle, age 68, 
interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 3, Plot 3*), 
   19 May 1926, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

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


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