Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Davidson, W. Crowder, 1928 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ WILLIAM CROWDER DAVIDSON W.C. DAVIDSON KILLS HIMSELF WITH PISTOL Crowder Davidson killed himself by shooting at his home in Second Avenue here this morning at 8 o’clock. He had been in ill health and a despondent condition for several months. He was 50* years of age and is survived by his widow and two children, Ray and Miss Evelyn Davidson. Funeral arrangements had not been completed this morning. William Crowder DAVIDSON, suicide 17 Aug 1928, at home, Franklin, age circa 52*, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 1B*), Franklin, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 17, 1928, p. 1 *Cemetery list gives b. May 1876, so d. age 52. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt Additional information: Crowder m. Sadie A. JONES, 23 Jun 1907, Whaleyville, Nansemond Co. His mother Sarah Annie HASLETT DAVIDSON 2m. 9 Feb 1899 Neverson HOWELL (his 3rd m.), Nansemond Co. 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/d132c2ob.txt