Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wilkins, Henry, 1947 

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HENRY WILKINS

HENRY WILKINS, DIES AT 84

   Henry Wilkins, 84, died last night at the home of his daughter Mrs. M.T. 
Pruden, Nansemond County, after a short illness.

   He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Fate Boyce, Mrs. Johnny Byrum and 
Mrs. M.T. Pruden, of Nansemond County, and Mrs. Joseph Hayes of Baltimore, 
Md.; four sons, W.M., Eugene and Arthur Wilkins, of Nansemond County, and 
Robert Wilkins, of Baltimore, Md.; 37 grandchildren; three great-
grandchildren, and two sisters; Mrs. W.S. Babb of Suffolk and Mrs. John 
Powell of Norfolk.

   He was a member of the West End Baptist Church, Suffolk.  The body was 
taken to the Hill Funeral Home where it will remain until 2:30 o’clock Sunday 
afternoon at which time the funeral procession will leave for Cypress Chapel 
Christian Church.  Services will be held at 3 o’clock at the Cypress Church 
with Dr. S.T. Habel and Rev. R.E. Brittle officiating.  Burial is to be in 
the church cemetery.


Henry WILKINS, 
Nansemond Co. native, 
d. 3 Jan 1947, at daughter's home, Nansemond Co., age 84, 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 5 Jan 1947, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

*His father, Confederate veteran Edgar WILKINS, is also buried there. 
   Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 


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