Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hancock, William Harrison July 14, 1933
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark July 15, 1933

       Capt. W.H. Hancock, Widely Known Berkley Resident, Dies At 70
    Former Councilman and Harbor Supervisor Was Stricken Fatally Wednesday

Capt. William Harrison Hancock, aged 70, one-time member of the Berkley and 
Norfolk City councils, and who served on the local board of improvement in 
Norfolk, as harbor supervisor and who conducted a towing business in the harbor, 
died yesterday at 12 o'clock noon, as the result of a heart attack.
Captain Hancock was serving on the council under the Straightout Democratic 
movement when Berkley was annexed to Norfolk.  He later was elected to the Board 
of Aldermen of Norfolk where he served two terms or until Norfolk reduced its 
councilmanic body to a board of control and was eliminated along with quite a 
number of other council men when the change took place.
He also served as a special harbor supervisor during the World War, a position 
created to protect the harbor from encroachments when land became valuable at 
that time. For many years he was engaged in the towboat business in the harbor, 
owning at that time several tugs.
Captain Hancock was active in politics for a number of years and served the 
Democratic party in an advisory capacity and was held in high esteem by the 
leaders of the party who were anxious to seek his counsel and support.
Captain Hancock had enjoyed good health until a few months ago when it began to 
decline, but continued to look after his affairs.  He was out on duty Wednesday 
when he was taken suddenly ill about noon.  He died at his residence, 209 East 
Indian River Road.  He was a son of the late Isaac and Elizabeth Sutton Hancock 
and a native of Cape May, N.J.  He had made his home in this section for the 
past 45 years.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Jennie Proctor Hancock; one daughter, Mrs. Tom 
Woodhouse, of Virginia Beach; two sisters, Mrs. John Platt, of Palmyra, N.J. and 
Mrs. Ed Howell, of Seabright, N.J.; one brother, John Hancock, of Seabright, 
N.J. and two grandchildren.   Funeral services will be conducted at the 
residence Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  Interment will be in the family lot in 
Magnolia Cemetery.


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