Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Councill, Inez Wills, 1951 

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INEZ WILLS COUNCILL

MRS. INEZ WILLS COUNCILL

   Mrs. Inez Wills Councill, well-known resident of Franklin for many years, 
passed away at noon on Tuesday, July 17, in the Home for Confederate Women, 
Richmond. She was in her 83rd year. 

   Mrs. Councill was the daughter of the late Capt. I.C. Wills and Mrs. 
Margaret L. Wills of Southampton County and Franklin, and widow of Judson C. 
Councill, a native of Isle of Wight County.  Their union was blessed with two 
children, a daugter, Rebie, who became Mrs. Oscar W. Gills of Bedford and a 
son, Godwin Councill of Newport News, both of whom preceded their mother in 
death. 

   She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lucy W. Robertson of Miami, Fla., and 
Mrs. J.R Knight of Franklin; one grandson, Oscar W. Gills, Jr., of Roanoke; two 
granddaughters, Mrs. George F. Abele of Hilton Village and Mrs. R. O. Dodge of 
Beechwood, N.J.; and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Harmon Councill, of 
Beechwood, N.J. 

   Funeral services were held at the grave in the family plot in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock, with Rev. R.D. Stephenson 
officiating. Active pallbearers were E.T. FitzGerald, Robert O. Hayes, J.P. 
King, H.B. McLemore, Jr., J. Edward Moyler, L.B. Norfleet, George O. Watkins 
and H.L. Westbrook. 


Inez (WILLS; Mrs. Judson C.) COUNCILL, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 17 Jul 1951, Richmond, age 83, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 3*), Franklin, 
   18 Jul 1951, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 20, 1951 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 14, 1941) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c524j9ob.txt 


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