Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Watson, S. Burch, 1982 

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Mr. Shelley B. Watson 

  Shelley Burch Watson, 74, of 204 S. Broad St. died Monday in a hospital. 

  He was a native of Capron and a member of Main Street United Methodist 
Church and Suffolk Masonic Lodge 30.  He had retired from Southgate Foods as 
a production manager and was the husband of the late Alice Whitley Watson. 

  Survivors include a daughter, Dolly W. Carr of Suffolk; a son, the Rev. 
Shelley B. Watson Jr. of Brooklyn, N.Y.; two brothers, Terry E. Watson of 
Emporia and Laurice J. Watson of Arlington; three grandchildren; and four 
great-grandchildren. 

  A graveside service will be held at 11 a m. Thursday in Cedar Hill Cemetery 
by the Rev. Christian Haydinger. 

  Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home has charge. 

  The family will be at the funeral home from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. today. 

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SHELLEY BURCH WATSON 

   SUFFOLK - A funeral service for Shelly [sic; Shelley] Burch Watson, 74, 
will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in Cedar Hill Cemetery by the Rev. Christian 
Haydinger.  Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home has charge. 

   Watson died Monday in a hospital. 

   A native of Capron, he was the husband of the late Alice Whitley Watson and 
was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church and Suffolk Masonic Lodge 
30.  He had retired from Southgate Foods as a production manager.

   Survivors include a daughter, Dolly W. Carr of Suffolk; a son, the Rev. 
Shelley B. Watson Jr. of Brooklyn, N.Y.; two brothers, Terry E. Watson of 
Emporia and Laurice J. Watson of Arlington; three grandchildren; and four 
great-grandchildren. 


Shelly Burch WATSON, retired Southgate Foods production manager, 
   former Planters employee, 
b. 28 Oct 1907, Capron, Southampton Co., d. 12 Jul 1982, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block S, Lot 28*), Suffolk, 17 Jul 1982, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 60, No. 167, Wed., July 14, 1982, p. 2; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., July 15, 1982, p. 10A 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #91652126, as are a silhouette, sketch & photo 
   of Burch as a young man, all added by Joel Watson.  It states that he was 
   named for Thaddeus Augustus BURCH (1876 - 1936) of Baltimore, MD, a friend 
   of his father's.  Its appears that nearly an inch of dirt had been swept 
   from his & his wife's gravestones for the photos. 

D.Cert. 82-021582 

His parents, Robert Edward & Janie Inez (COBB) WATSON, are buried in 
   Emporia Cemetery. 


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