Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Councill, Robert J., 1959 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ROBERT JORDAN COUNCILL Robert Jordan Councill, 77, retired farmer, died Sunday afternoon in Raiford Memorial Hospital after brief illness. Son of James J. and Martha Scott Councill of Southampton County and a member of Bethel Friends Meeting. Survivors are his wife, Ruth Jennings Councill of Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, S.C. and son, Edwin Wayne Councill of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; a sister, Mrs. R.J. Rountree of Franklin, five grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. Graveside service were conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. James E. Coney, pastor of Sedley Friends Meeting. Pallbearers were Lawrence Councill, Lawrence Councill, Jr., Norman Lankford, Lee M. White, Paul Councill, Jr., and M.B. Blythe. Robert Jordan COUNCILL, retired farmer, Southampton Co. native, d. 27 Dec 1959, Franklin, age 77, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 82A*), Franklin, 29 Dec 1959, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 31, 1957, Sect. I, p. 7 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt His parents are also bd. in Poplar Spring Cemetery - Section 1, Plot 112B. SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt His father's obit ("Tidewater News," May 15, 1936, p. 5) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c524j3ob.txt His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," June 21, 1929, p. 5), with their marriage record appended, is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c524m5ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c524r4ob.txt