Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Willis, Mary F. Johnson, 1930 

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MARY FRANCES JOHNSON BUDD WILLIS 

Mrs. Mary Willis Is Claimed By Death 

  Mrs. Mary Frances Willis, 74. wife of James P. Willis, of Nansemond county, 
died yesterday at 11 o'clock at her home on the White Marsh road, after a 
long illness.  She is survived by her husband, two sons, James H. Willis, 
of Nansemond county, and J.A. Johnson, of Baltimore, two daughters, Mrs. C.F. 
Fowler, of Norfolk, and Mrs. Archie Harrell, of the county, one brother, 
J.L. Johnson, of Baltimore, fifteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild. 

  Funeral services were held at the residence this afternoon conducted by the 
Rev. Mr. C.E. Pleasants, assisted by the Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley and the Rev.Mr. 
H.S. Hardcastle. 

  A quartette, consisting of J.C. West, Mrs. Bertie Branch, Mrs. Randolph 
Chapman and W. Hatcher Eley, sang "Abide With Me" and "Asleep in Jesus." 
Burial was in Cedar Hill cemetery.  The active pallbearers were John Byrum, 
Eugene Wilkins, Preston Harrell, Fitzhugh Williams, Genie Lassiter, William 
Duke, W.S. Babb and Mr. Pierce. 


Mary Frances (JOHNSON BUDD; Mrs. James Parker) WILLIS, 
b. 8 Mar 1856, Nansemond Co., d. 28 Mar 1930, at home, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, 142*), Suffolk, 29 Mar 1930, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 8, No. 7, Sat., Mar. 29, 1930, p. 8 

*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 her gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #191545489. 

D.Cert. 6688 (Cypress #71) gives daughter of George W. JOHNSON and Mary Ann 
   MYERS. 

Rather, her mother's maiden name was MEARS.  Her parents m. 25 Dec 1849 
   in Accomack Co. 

Her widower's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Mar. 21, 1961, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w420j8ob.txt 


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