Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wilkins, William C., 1967 

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WILLIAM C. WILKINS 

  WINDSOR -- William Claiborne (Blue) Wilkins, 56, died Monday night enroute 
to Louise Obici Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack. 

  A native of Nansemond County, he was the husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Holland 
Wilkins and a son of the late Willis Lee and Mrs. Selma Butler Wilkins. 

  He was a farmer and a member of the Men's Bible Class and Workmen Fellowship 
of Antioch Christian Church. 

  Besides his widow, surviving are a son, William Earl Wilkins, and a 
daughter, Mrs. Carolyn Chapman of Windsor; two brothers, Richard Leigh Wilkins 
of Windsor and Fred B. Wilkins of Suffolk; and two sisters, Miss Selma B. 
Wilkins of Windsor and Mrs. Junius Bradshaw of Franklin. 

  A funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in W.J.M. Holland & 
Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, by the Rev. George W. Core of Virginia Beach and 
the Rev. William A. Grissom of Windsor Christian Church.  Burial will be in 
Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 

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WILLIAM CLAIBORNE WILKINS 

   WINDSOR - A funeral service for William Claiborne (Blue) Wilkins is 
scheduled for Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, 
Franklin, by the Rev. George W. Core of Virginia Beach and the Rev. William 
A. Grissom of Windsor Christian Church.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn 
Cemetery, Suffolk.

   Pallbearers were Fleetwood Turner, Harry Carr, Lewis Chapman, J.H. Godwin, 
Horace Pierce, Frank Brown, Channing Clements and Costen Cobb.

   Wilkins, 56, died Monday night en route to Louise Obici Memorial Hospital 
after a heart attack.

   A native of Nansemond County, he was the husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Holland 
Wilkins and a son of the late Willis Lee and Mrs. Selma Butler Wilkins.

   He was a farmer and a member of Men’s Bible Class and Workmen Fellowship 
of Antioch Christian Church.

   Besides his widow, surviving are a son, William Earl Wilkins, and a 
daughter, Mrs. Carolyn Chapman of Windsor; two brothers, Richard Leigh Wilkins 
of Windsor and Fred B. Wilkins of Suffolk; and two sisters, Miss Selma B. 
Wilkins of Windsor and Mrs. Junius Bradshaw of Franklin.


William Claiborne "Blue" WILKINS, farmer, 
b. 18 Nov 1910, Nansemond Co., d. 15 May 1967, en route to hospital, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 18 May 1967, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 45, No. 118, Wed., May 17, 1967, p. 14; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., May 18, 1967, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #51353802. 

D.Cert. 67-014562 

His parents are buried in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Collosse. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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