Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Councill, Shirley R., 1930 

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SHIRLEY ROBERT COUNCILL

SHIRLEY COUNCILL IS KILLED BY CAR ON HIGHWAY SATURDAY

   Shirley Robert Councill, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. 
Councill of West Franklin, was killed Saturday afternoon, October 11, by an 
automobile driven by Lloyd Brown, young white farmer living on the Courtland-
Ivor road on the old Willis Ricks farm.  The accident occurred about five 
o’clock when the little girl was struck by Brown’s car almost immediately in 
front of her father’s service station.  After striking the child, the 
automobile was said to have ploughed its way at least 300 feet through the 
field to the right of the highway the car coming toward Franklin at the time.

   B.V. Hargrave, a neighbor of the Councill’s immediately brought the injured 
child to Raiford Hospital here when it died four hours later.  Everything 
possible was done at the hospital, and Dr. Jacobson came from Petersburg in an 
hour’s time to render assistance, but medical help availed nothing.

   Nothing has happened in our town or county more appalling or distressing, 
and the universal sympathy of our people has gone out to the bereaved parents 
and other members of the family.  The child was unusually sweet and attractive 
in her personality and was quite a favorite in the town and community.  The 
tragic nature of her going leaves an unanswered and unanswerable question in 
all minds- one can only commend the sorrowing ones to a greater Comforter than 
even the kindest and most intimate friends and neighbors can be as they have 
striven to speak words of consolation.

   Shirley is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Council; an 
older sister, Dorothy, and an infant brother, R.C. Councill, Jr., besides her 
maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Howell, and other relatives.  Funeral 
services were held from the home Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock in the 
presence of a large assembly of friends. Rev. Jos. W. Fix of the Franklin 
Christian Church conducted the rites, assisted by Rev. Dr. Geo. H. Spooner of 
the High Street M.E. Church.  Hymns sung were " Little Jewels," "Safe in the 
Arms of Jesus," and "When He Cometh," by J. Edgar Weede, E.P. Jones, Mrs. E.P. 
Jones, Mrs. H.G. Cobb, Mrs. L.B. Norfleet and Mrs. W. A. Daughtrey.  The body 
bearers were young friends of the little girl’s: H.G. Councill, Jr., William 
Sheffield of Suffolk, William Howell, Herbert Cobb, Jr, Vaughan Beale and 
Jordan Rountree, and interment was made in Poplar Spring Cemetery where a 
profusion of beautiful floral tributes covered the tiny mound and burial plot.

   A friend of Shirley’s who knew her well and saw her daily, asks that the 
following personal tribute be included in this account of her going away.

   "She was endeared to those who knew her intimately for her exceptionally 
sweet and lovable disposition.  The picture of sunshine and beauty as she was, 
in her dainty, fairy-like attractiveness, she was possessed with even a more 
beautiful and a most affectionate nature.  Like a golden butterfly, she 
attracted everyone as she moved about and was undoubtedly one of the most 
loved children of the entire community.  In her home where she lived 
constantly in a radiant bloom of cheer and sweet companionship, she was held 
especially dear by her loved ones.  So often she talked of angels and now that 
she had gone from us to be with them, we can but think of her as being really, 
the little angel she so resembled while here."

   "While our hearts feel deeply the tragic blow which has befallen and which 
means our separation from one so dear, we can only submit to the will of Him 
who doeth all things will.  Although prone to question the motive for the 
affliction which so grieves us, we do have the assurance of her being. "Safe 
in the Arms of Jesus."  With her there we should be, and are, happy to know 
that while we miss her soft footsteps and tender smile, she is infinitely more 
at rest and is awaiting us whom she loved, with beautiful, beckoning hands."


Shirley Robert COUNCILL, daughter of Robbie C. & Ruby H. (HOWELL) COUNCILL, 
struck by automobile, d. 11 Oct 1930, Franklin, age 5, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 80*), Franklin, 
   12 Oct 1930, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 17, 1930, p. 1 

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


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