Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Champion, Ralph Waldo, 1957 

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RALPH WALDO CHAMPION

RALPH W. CHAMPION

   Ralph Waldo Champion, 61, a former resident of Courtland, died Sunday 
afternoon, November 10, in the Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie, N.C. after an 
illness of several months. 

   Mr. Champion was a retired salesman, but for the past six years had operated 
a farm near Como, N.C. 

   He was the husband of Mrs. Helen Simonson Champion of Como, and a son of the 
late James I. and Mrs. Flora Strother Champion of Granville County, N.C. 

   In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son, James Champion of Como; 
a brother, J.V. Champion of Norfolk, and a sister Mrs. Hattie Allred of 
Raleigh, N.C. 

   Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the 
W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by Rev. W.Gibson, pastor of the Courtland 
Methodist Church and Rev. O.L. Gochenour, pastor of the Barnes Methodist Church 
near Newsoms. Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery. 

   Pallbearers were Martin Cobb, Hugh Barrett, Sr.; R.N. Darden, Jr., J.T. 
Story, Jr. H.B. McLemore, Jr., and L.M. Manry. 


Ralph Waldo CHAMPION, formerly of Courtland, farmer, retired salesman, 
d. 10 Nov 1957, Ahoskie, NC, age 61, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 12 Nov 1957, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 14 Nov 1957] 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-16): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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