Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Covington, William T., 1938 

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WILLIAM TRAVIS COVINGTON

COURTLAND STUDENT DIES SUDDENLY TUESDAY

   William Travis Covington, 14-year old son of Lewis E. and Mrs. Lizzie 
Covington, died suddenly Tuesday morning at his home on the Ivor road.  He was 
a student in Courtland High School.  In addition to his parents he is survived 
by five brothers, James, Harold, Lewis, Jr., Leroy and Gordon Covington and 
three sisters, Sallie, Ruby and Retha Covington.

   Funeral services were conducted from the home Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 
o’clock by the Rev. A.W. Roten with burial in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.

   The pallbearers were selected from his classmates Elliott Parker, Melvin 
Bryant, Jack Whitehead, Thomas and Augustus Simmons, Clayton Bryant and Hugh 
Pittman.  Several young women of his class acted as flower girls.


William Travis COVINGTON, Courtland H.S. student, 
son of Lewis E. & Lizzie (PEARCE) COVINGTON, 
d. 25 Jan 1938, at home, Ivor Rd., age 14, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 33B*), Courtland, 
   26 Jan 1938, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 28, 1938 

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

His father's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Aug. 27, 1974, p. 16) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c152l1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 10, 1957, Sect. I, p. 5) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c152l2ob.txt 


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