Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Britt, Wilson E. Sr., 1982 

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WILSON EUGENE BRITT 

   WINDSOR - A funeral service for Wilson Eugene Britt Sr., 66, was held 
Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church by the Rev. J. Waverly Horne. 
Burial was in the church cemetery, with Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, 
in charge.

   Pallbearers were: M.N. Holt, Talmage Edwards, Sam Bryant, Jimmy Bryant, 
Burley Fowler, Ben Mumford, Ronnie West and Harold West.

   Britt died Sunday in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Gessie Hodge Britt.

   He was a retired plumber and pipe fitter and was a member of Plumbers Union 
Local 5, Washington, and Tucker Swamp Baptist Church.

   Other survivors include a son, Wilson E. Britt, Jr. of Earlysville; two 
daughters, Elsie B. Wright of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Margaret Ann Britt of 
Charlottesville; two brothers, Thomas Briggs Britt of Richmond and Lloyd 
Jefferson Britt of Suffolk; three sisters, Ester B. Savage of Spring Grove, 
Nokomas B. Noblin of Hopewell and Geneva Jenkins of Manassas; nine 
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

   Memorial donations may be made to the Family Life Center Building Fund, 
Tucker Swamp Baptist Church, or Windsor Rescue Squad.


Wilson Eugene BRITT, Sr., retired union plumber & pipe fitter, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 8 Aug 1982, Suffolk, age 66, 
interred in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 10 Aug 1982, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 12, 1982, p. 12A 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Tucker Swamp list (TS-9 & -7): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 22, 1987, p. 7A) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630g2ob.txt 


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