Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Davidson, William R., 1958 

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WILLIAM RAY DAVIDSON

   FRANKLIN - William Ray Davidson, 50, well-known resident of Franklin, died 
in Eastern State Hospital, Williamsburg, early Saturday morning, August 9, 
after a brief illness.

   The deceased was the son of Mrs. Sadie Jones Davidson of Franklin and the 
late William C. Davidson.  An employee of Union Bag-Camp Paper Corporation, 
he was a member of the Franklin Congregational Christian Church and of Suffolk 
Royal Moose Lodge No. 141.

   Surviving him, besides his mother, are a sister, Mrs. Robert G. Hunt of 
Lynchburg, and two nephews.

   Funeral services were held from the chapel of W.J.M. Holland & Sons on 
Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, with Rev. Tucker Humphries, pastor of the 
Franklin Congregational Church, and Rev. John S. Steele, pastor of the 
Franklin Presbyterian Church, officiating.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Members of Moose Lodge No. 141 were 
the pallbearers.


William Ray DAVIDSON, of Franklin, Union Bag-Camp employee, 
d. 9 Aug 1958, Williamsburg, age 50, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 1B*), Franklin, 
   11 Aug 1958, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 14, 1958, Section II, p. 4 

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

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 17, 1928, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d132c2ob.txt 


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