Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Councill, Rosa B. Cobb, 1930 

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Mrs. W. E. Council [sic; Councill] Died In Franklin Today 

  Mrs. W.E. Council, of Franklin, age 74 years, died this afternoon at 2:15 
o'clock, at a local hospital.  She is survived by six children, Mrs. H.T. 
Sheffield, Mrs. A.D. Sheffield, of Suffolk, Mrs. D.F. Norris, of Norfolk, 
R.C. Council, H.G. Council, of Franklin, and Tommie Council, of Handsom. 
Funeral arrangements will be made later. 

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ROSA BELL COBB COUNCILL

   Mrs. Rosa B. Councill of Franklin died at Lakeview Hospital, Suffolk, 
Saturday afternoon, July 12, in the 74th year of her age.  She was the widow 
of the late W.E. Councill, who died in June 1929, and is survived by six 
children: three sons, H.G. and R.C. Councill of Franklin and Thomas Councill 
of Handsom; three daughters, Mrs. D.F. Morris of Norfolk and Mrs. H.T. 
Sheffield and Mrs. A.D. Sheffield of Suffolk; by 18 grandchildren; two 
sisters, Mrs. Alamanda Gardner and Mrs. J.R. Rountree of Franklin, and a large 
family connection.

   Mrs. Councill, who was Miss Rosa Cobb of the Courtland community before her 
marriage to W.E. Councill, also of this county, was an exemplary Christian 
character of retiring disposition and an ideal home-maker, interested always 
in the well-being of husband and children.  She was a consistent member of the 
Union Christian Church of this community, and during the ten weeks of her last 
illness bore her sufferings with admirable fortitude, patience and Christian 
resignation.

   Funeral services were held from her late residence in West Franklin Monday 
afternoon at 3 o’clock conducted by Dr. C.H. Rowland of Greensboro, N.C., 
former pastor of the Franklin Christian Church, assisted by Rev. R.E. Brittle, 
pastor of the Union Church, Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley of Suffolk and Dr. Geo. H. 
Spooner of High Street M.E. Church.  Interment took place in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery here, the body bearers being: H.T. Sheffield, A.D. Sheffield, and 
Robert Sheffield of Suffolk, J.C. Councill of Hampton, and Joe Byrum Gay, W.T. 
Pace, J.W. Beale and R.L. Gardner.


Rosa Belle (COBB; Mrs. William Edward) COUNCILL, of Franklin, 
b. 15 May 1853, Jerusalem [now Courtland], d. 12 Jul 1930, Suffolk, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 80*), Franklin, 
   14 Jul 1930, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 8, No. 95, Sat., July 12, 1930, p. 8; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Fri., July 18, 1930, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Photos of her gravestone - added by Cyndi Harrison & Ray Gurganus - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #132477014. 

D.Cert. 17099 (Suffolk #240) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," June 14, 1929, p. 10), with their 
   marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c524w2ob.txt 


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