Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Alsop, Lillian Williams, 1955 

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LILLIAN WILLIAMS ALSOP 

MRS. B.B. ALSOP, CHURCH WORKER, DIES SUDDENLY 

   Mrs. Lillian Williams Alsop, former resident of Franklin and prominent 
worker in the Baptist Church, died suddenly at her residence, 3248 "N" Street, 
Washington, D.C., on Friday, October 21.

   Born in Como, N.C., on November 5, 1888, Mrs. Alsop was a daughter of the late 
William G. and Mrs. Gertrude Taylor Williams of Franklin.

   She was a graduate of Franklin Female Seminary, Meredith College in Raleigh, 
N.C., and the W.M.U. Training School in Louisville, Ky.  After graduating from 
Meredith College in 1908 she became a member of the faculty of Franklin Female 
Seminary, teaching the primary grades.  She also taught for a while in North 
Wilkesboro, N.C.  While attending the W.M.U. Training School, from which she 
graduated in 1915, she taught a Sunday school class for two years.

   At Chowan College, Murfreesboro, N.C., Mrs. Alsop taught Bible and was 
religious director for two years.  From there she went to Norfolk as a Sunday 
school worker in Freemason Street Baptist Church, serving in that capacity for 
two years before being called to Richmond to assist Dr. J.J. Wicker, pastor of 
the Leigh Street Baptist Church.  After three years in Richmond she went in 
1922 to the Fifth Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., to assist the pastor, 
Dr. John E. Briggs. She was Dr. Briggs’ assistant for 13 years, retired in 
1935 when she married Benjamin B. Alsop of Washington, who died in 1944.

   Mrs. Alsop united with Temple Baptist Church, Washington, in January, 1945. 
In March, 1946, she became Church visitor at Temple to assist Dr. Briggs, who 
had been called to the pastorate four years before.  Dr. Melvin W. Crump 
succeeded Dr. Briggs as pastor at Temple on November 21, 1948, Mrs. Alsop 
continuing as Church Visitor and assistant to the pastor.

   On May 11, 1954, shortly before her retirement, Mrs. Alsop was the honor 
guest at a testimonial dinner given by the members of Temple Baptist Church in 
appreciation of her labors as Church Visitor.

   Mrs. Alsop is survived by two sisters, Mrs. R.J. Tucker and Miss Gertrude T. 
Williams of Franklin; two brothers, M. Wharton Williams of Franklin and Frank 
C. Williams of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Alsop were conducted at 11 o’clock Monday morning 
in Temple Baptist Church by Dr. Melvin W. Crump, pastor of the church, 
assisted by Dr. John E. Briggs, pastor of Briggs Memorial Baptist Church. 
Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. [sic*].  Among those 
attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Williams of Roanoke Rapids, 
N.C.; and Mrs. R.J. Tucker, Miss Gertrude Williams, M. Wharton Williams, Billy 
Bryant Williams, and M. Wharton Williams, Jr., all of Franklin.


Lillian (WILLIAMS; Mrs. Benjamin B.) ALSOP, formerly of Franklin, 
b. 5 Nov 1888, Como, Hertford Co., NC, d. 21 Oct 1955, at home, Washington, DC, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's Co., MD*, 
   24 Oct 1955, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 27, 1955, p. 1 

*Find a Grave Mem. #74243637 

Her parents are buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin - Sect. 1, Plot 1. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 18, 1942, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w453g3ob.txt 


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