Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Councill, J. Paul, 1957 

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JAMES PAUL COUNCILL

J. PAUL COUNCILL, RETIRED FARMER DIES TUESDAY

   Services for James Paul Council 69, who died in Raiford Memorial Hospital 
on Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock, following an operation on the Thursday 
preceding, were conducted this (Thursday) afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.  Rev. Tucker G. Humphries, pastor of the Franklin 
Congregational Christian Church, officiated. 

   Pallbearers were Harold S. Atkinson, J. Vaughan Beale, Samuel Bradshaw, 
Lawrence Council, Clifford A. Cutchins, 3rd, J. Letcher Eley, William Lankford, 
and G.E.. Pillow. 

   Mr. Councill, a life-long resident of Southampton County, with his home in 
the Hunterdale community, was the son of the late James Jordan and Mrs. Martha 
Elizabeth Scott Councill and the husband of Mrs. Irva Winslow Councill. 

   He was a member of the Franklin Congregational Christian Church. Before his 
retirement two years ago on account of ill health he was owner and operator of 
the J.P. Councill Company Plant Farm. He was a pioneer in the raising of 
vegetable plants in this area, and had built up a large and lucrative business, 
shipping plants as far away as Canada. He was the first in this section of the 
country to ship plants by air. 

   Besides his wife he is survived by three sons, James Paul Councill, Jr., and 
Philip Andrews Councill, both of Franklin, and Edward Winslow Councill of 
Richmond; three grandchildren, James Paul Councill, 3rd, Christopher Marbel 
Councill and Dianne Lynn Councill; one sister Mrs. Rochelle J. Rountree; and 
one brother, Robert J. Councill. 

[James Paul COUNCILL Sr., d. 30 Apr 1957, age 69, 
 interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 2 May 1957] 

[file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.]