Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pritchard, William Gibbs October 1, 1913
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Virginia Pilot October 2, 1913

MANY MOURN LOSS OF W.G. PRITCHARD

Body of Prominent Berkley Resident Arrived From Buffalo Lithia Yesterday

WAS PROMINENT IN CITY AND SOCIAL LIFE

The body of William G. Pritchard, 41 years old, who died at Buffalo Lithia 
Springs yesterday morning at 3:30 o'clock, arrived here on a special car over 
the Southern Railway yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock.  The body was accompanied 
by his brothers, P.M. Pritchard and Raymond Pritchard, who were with him when he 
died. 
Plans were made Tuesday to bring Mr. Pritchard to his old home in Berkley, but 
his condition became so serious that it was impossible to take this step.  From 
then on he became gradually worse.
The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at the Berkley Avenue Baptist 
Church at 3 o'clock.  Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery.
Mr. Pritchard was the son of the late P. Pritchard and Mrs. Sarah Pritchard.  He 
was a native of Berkley, where the greater part of his life was spent, during 
which time he occupied a prominent place in public affairs.  He was past 
commander of the United Confederation of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and 
also an active member of the Berkley Avenue Baptist Church and prominent in the 
administration of its affairs.
Mr. Pritchard served Berkley ward in the council for one term and during his 
tenure of office secured many improvements for the ward and was regarded as an 
efficient servant of the people in the administration of the city's affairs.  
For many years he held important positions with the Clyde Steamship Company at 
Norfolk, Richmond, Newport News and Charleston, S.C., at the latter place 
holding the joint agency of the Clyde and the Mallory lines.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. (Miss) Kate Pritchard of Berkley and Mrs. 
W.H. Butt of Ocean View and four brothers, Samuel, Raymond, Wharton and P.M. 
Pritchard of Berkley.
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W.G. PRITCHARD'S FUNERAL TAKES PLACE TODAY

The funeral of William G. Pritchard, who died at the Buffalo Lithia Springs, 
will take place at the Berkley Avenue Baptist Church this afternoon at 3 o'clock 
and will be attended by steamboat and transportation men in which circles he was 
widely known and by members of the city councils with whom he was formerly 
associated and by the Sons of Confederate Veterans of whom he was past commander 
of the Southern division, to say nothing of his large number of friends in 
private life.
The Sons of Niemeyer-Shaw camp Berkley, have been called to assemble at the home 
of Commander Etheridge, Pine and Lee streets, this afternoon at 2:15 o'clock and 
will be joined by the Sons of Stonewall camp of Portsmouth and Pickett-Buchanan 
camp of Norfolk, who will attend the funeral in a body.
The funeral services will be conducted by the pastor of the church, Rev. W.R. 
Flannagan, assisted by Rev. George J. Hobday, a former pastor and Dr. T. 
Claggett Skinner of Richmond, another former pastor and personal friend, 
providing he succeeds in arriving in time.
The pallbearers, honorary and active, will be made up among the Sons of 
Confederate Veterans, transportation men, councilmen and others from the Masons. 
Burial will be in the family lot in Magnolia Cemetery.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark October 3, 1913

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