Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Britt, William R. Jr., 1936 

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WILLIAM ROGERS BRITT 

   Funeral services for William Rogers Britt, who died of self-inflicted rifle 
wounds in a tourist camp near Portsmouth on January 20, were conducted on 
Wednesday afternoon of last week at the cemetery of Mill Swamp Baptist Church, 
by Rev. C.P. Cleveland, pastor of the church.  The hymns "Sometime We’ll 
Understand" and "Safe In The Arms of Jesus" were used in the service.  Camp 
144, Woodmen of the World of Ivor, with which the deceased was affiliated, 
took part in the service.  Active pallbearers were Charlie Ramsey, Claude A. 
Nurney, Tom Jones, Tom Brown, Levy Brown and Bill Johnson.

   Britt, who was eighteen years old, was the son of Mrs. Pearl Britt and the 
late W.R. Britt, and had been living with his mother near Ivor, where he was 
successfully engaged in farming.  A possible motive for his actions was found 
in the presence of a note hinting of a youthful disappointment in love.  The 
body was taken to the funeral home of H.M. Purviance in Boykins for burial 
preparations.  He is survived by his mother, and four sisters, Misses Mary 
Elizabeth, Dorothy, Mildred and Eunice Britt.


William Rogers BRITT, Jr., farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, suicide 20 Jan 1936, Norfolk Co., age 18, 
interred in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 22 Jan 1936, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 31, 1936, p. 8 

*His father "Willie" died the previous year, and is also buried there. 
   Find A Grave Mem. #104516900 & #104516876. 

Willie's obit ("Smithfield Times," May 2, 1935), 
   with addional data appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630w11o.txt 

His mother remarried in 1943 to Roger V. KNIGHT and is buried in 
   Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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