Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Close, William K., 1951 

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WILLIAM KENNETH CLOSE

   William Kenneth Close, 53, a resident for the past several years of the 
Courtland community, where he was a bookkeeper for the Leroy Magette Sales and 
Service, died unexpectedly on Saturday morning, December 29, in the Norfolk 
General Hospital following an operation. 

   Mr. Close was the husband of Mrs. Mildred Cary Lane Close of Courtland and 
son of William C. Close of Garden City, Mich., and Mrs. Gertrude Close of 
Richmond.  A brother-in-law of George J. Lane of Franklin, he was a alumnus of 
William and Mary College, where he twice captained the football team in the 
early 20's and was a member of Nu chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. 

   Besides his wife and parents he is survived by five sons, John Close, AUS, 
of San Diego, Calif., Robert G. Close, USAF, of Langley Field, David B. Close, 
USAF, of San Antonio, Tex., and Kenneth and George Close of Courtland; and 
three daughters, Cary Close, who is with the American occupation personnel in 
Tokyo, Japan, and Elizabeth and Mary Leigh Close of Courtland. 

   Funeral services for Mr. Close were held at the graveside in the Courtland 
Cemetery on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. John M. Gessell, rector 
of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, officiating, assisted by Rev. L.M. Kanipe, 
pastor of the Courtland Baptist Church. 

   The pallbearers were Lloyd Applewhite, L.A. Clements, James T. Gillette, 
Earl Holland, Leroy Magette, Lewis Marks, Herbert Morrison and Dr. E.F. Reese, 
3d. 


William Kenneth CLOSE, bookkeeper, 
Ohio native, d. 29 Dec 1951, Norfolk, age 53, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section II, Plot 56*), Courtland, 31 Dec 1951, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 4, 1952, p. 4 

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

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 4, 1957, p. 6A) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c420g1ob.txt 


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