Southampton-Mecklenburg County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Councill, John R., 1932 

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JOHN R. COUNCILL

   Funeral services for John R. Councill were held in Chase City Sunday 
afternoon conducted by Rev. H.T. Williams, and the body was brought to 
Franklin where interment was made in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson officiating at the grave.  Mr. Councill, who was a native of this 
county, had been for many years a resident of Franklin and was employed at 
the Franklin post office.

   He was later employed in the post office at Chase City where on Friday he 
was stricken with paralysis and died.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie 
Coley Councill of Chase City; two daughters, Mrs. R.W. Owen of Stony Creek and 
Mrs. Paul Dyal of New York; a brother, E.A. Councill of Burdette; three 
sisters, Mrs. J.G. Johnson and Mrs. Livy Holland of Windsor and Mrs. Ed 
Hatfield of Burdette. Active pallbearers were: Lee Emory, Edgar Leach, Frank 
Wester, William Fitts, H.V. Shugart and George Reid.


John R. COUNCILL, Post Office employee, formerly of Franklin, 
b. Southampton Co., d. 14 Oct 1932, Chase City, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 41B*), Franklin, 
   16 Oct 1932, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 21, 1932, p. 4 

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

Additional information: 

His first marriage: 

John R. Councill, 23, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   s/o Joseph Lawrence and Virginia Vaughan Councill, Farmer 
m. 01-12-1896 Southampton Co., Va. by Rev. W.B. James 
Annie Charlotte Lee, 22, s, N.C., So.Co., 
   d/o John Pipkin and Mary Figures Parker Lee 
(Southampton Co. MB8:506; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb08pt.txt) 


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

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