Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Heard, William Jackson Jr. May 18, 1951
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot May 19, 1951

William Jackson Heard, 78, of 206 East Indian River Road, died yesterday at 4 
p.m. at the Veterans Hospital, Roanoke, after a long illness.
He was general manager of the Southern Produce Company for 30 years prior to 
1928. A native and lifelong resident of Berkley, he was a son of the late 
William J. and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Williams Heard.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mina Doughty Heard; one daughter, Mrs. Catherine 
Elizabeth Heard Baum, both of Norfolk; one son, William J. Heard, of Kinston, 
N.C. and a brother, Charles F. Heard, of Front Royal. 
The body is being sent to the Cox Funeral Home, pending completion of funeral 
arrangements.
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                   W.J. HEARD FUNERAL SCHEDULED TOMORROW

Funeral services for William Jackson Heard, 78, who died in Roanoke Friday, will 
be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Cox Funeral Home by the Rev. Beecher L. 
Rhodes, pastor of Berkley Avenue Baptist Church. Burial will be in Elmwood 
Cemetery.
He lived at 206 East Indian River Road and was general manager of the Southern 
Produce Company for many years before his retirement in 1928. 
A native of Berkley, he was active in religious and civic affairs of the 
community. He was a member of the Berkley Avenue Baptist Church.
A veteran of military service in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, he was a 
member of the Maj. Marshall Tarrell Camp, Spanish War Veterans. He also was a 
former member of the Norfolk Rotary Club.
In addition to his wife, Mrs. Doughty Heard, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. 
Catherine Elizabeth Heard Baum, of Norfolk; a son, William J. Heard, of Kinston, 
N.C.; a brother, Charles F. Heard, of Front Royal, and four grandchildren.

Norfolk Virginian Pilot May 20, 1951


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