Southampton County-Lynchburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bristow, William O. Jr., 1975 

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WILLIAM ORLANDO BRISTOW, JR. 

   William Orlando Bristow, Jr., 69, of Lynchburg, died September 2, 1975. 
Mr. Bristow was born in Franklin, Va., the son of the late William Orlando 
Bristow Sr. and Katherine K. Bryant; a member of St. John’s  Episcopal Church; 
a graduate with Master’s Degree from University of Virginia in 1932; a member 
of the PHI gamma Delta Fraternity; a member of the Ravell Society of the 
University; a member  of the Norfolk Yacht Club; a member of the Princess Anne 
County Club; a member of the Farmington Country Club; a member of the 
Boonesboro Country Club; retired commander U.S. Navy with Naval Intelligence. 
Mr. Bristow was in the invasion of Normandy in Southern France.  He was 
retired from the Gulf Oil Corporation.  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Laura 
Brent Bristow; two sisters, Mrs. George E. Pillow and Mrs. Lee Davis, both of 
Franklin.  Funeral services will be conducted from St. John’s Episcopal Church 
Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.  Graveside service will be conducted in the Poplar 
Spring Cemetery, Franklin, Thursday 2 p.m.  Diuguid Funeral Chapel in charge 
of arrangements.


William Orlando BRISTOW, Jr., of Lynchburg, retired from Gulf Oil Corp., 
retired Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy, veteran of WW-II, 
b. Franklin, d. 2 Sep 1975, age 69, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 11*), Franklin, 
   4 Sep 1975, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Sep. 3, 1975, p. 40 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His father's obits ("Tidewater News," Nov. 29, 1940, & Dec. 6, 1940, p. 1) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b623w3ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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