Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wrenn, William Lee August 20, 1904
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Virginian Pilot August 21, 1904

                            VICTIM OF LOADED SHELL
Little Willie Lee Wrenn, Poisoned by Explosive, Dies En Route to Hospital

Willie Lee Wrenn, the 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Wrenn, died 
yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock as a result  of his injuries received last 
Monday afternoon from an explosion of a one pound shell at the family residence 
in North Main street.  On Friday several pieces of the brass shell were located 
in his right thigh, one of which had passed through the limb and was removed 
from the opposite side and a second piece had buried itself in the muscles, was 
also located. Poisoning from the brass set in yesterday and it was found 
necessary to operate on the limbs again.  An ambulance was called, but the 
unfortunate lad died enroute to the Norfolk Protestant Hospital.
The poisoning that set in intensified the agonies that he was already suffering 
from the wounds, to such an extent that suffering became unbearable.
His death, resulting in the manner it did, brought quite a gloom over the 
friends and acquaintances of the little fellow and the family who have the 
sympathy of the town.
He was considered very bright in his school work and his parents had bright 
prospects of a promising future before him.  The funeral will be conducted from 
the Berkley Avenue Baptist Church this afternoon at 5 o'clock, Rev. P.S.C. 
Davis, pastor of South Norfolk Baptist Church officiating and the interment will 
be in Magnolia Cemetery.
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                    FUNERAL SERVICES OF WILLIAM WRENN

Victim of Shell Explosion Buried - Large Concourse of Friends Attend the Last 
Sad Rites

The obsequies of the late William Lee Wrenn, the 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. 
George T. Wrenn, victim of the shell explosion last Monday, who died Saturday en 
route to the hospital in Norfolk, were conducted from the Berkley Avenue Baptist 
Church Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
The services were conducted by Rev. P.S.C. Davis, pastor of South Norfolk 
Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. W. Asbury Christian, pastor of Memorial M.E. 
Church and Rev. Herbert Scholz, pastor of Main Street Christian Church, and were 
very largely attended.
The floral tributes were both numerous and very beautiful.
After the funeral services the remains were borne to their last resting place in 
Magnolia Cemetery.  The pallbearers were selected from the friends and playmates 
of the deceased and were as follows:  Masters Gertie Baker, Harry Chewning, Paul 
Porter, James Dalby, Jack Allen, Lewis Jones, Otley Morgan and Hope MIlby.

Virginian Pilot Tuesday August 23, 1904  

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