Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Heard, William Jackson, Captain August 25, 1879 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Woolfitt http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008401 January 11, 2026, 11:59 pm Norfolk Virginian August 26, 1879 DEATH OF CAPTAIN W. J. HEARD The above esteemed gentleman died at his residence in Berkley yesterday morning at 1:30 o'clock, in the 49th year of his age. Captain Heard was a merchant, doing business in this city, though he had his residence in Berkley, and was well and most favorably known in Norfolk. During the war he was a gallant Confederate soldier and commanded a company in a Tennessee regiment. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his loss. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Methodist Church in Berkley. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/h/heard18482nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb