Southampton-Greensville County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Downs, William D., 1973 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ WILLIAM DAVID DOWNS William David Downs, age 29, died September 1, 1973. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Diane Gaskins Downs; two daughters, Misses Donna Lee and Kathleen Layton Downs, his mother and father Mr. & Mrs. G.E. Downs of Emporia; two sisters, Mrs. Kay Vincent, Emporia, and Mrs. Elaine Harding, Courtland; his grandmother, Mrs. C.R. Hawks of Hugheston, W.Va.; three nephews and one niece. He attended Ferrum Junior College and graduated from the University of Tennessee. He was treasurer of the Drewryville Ruritan Club and a member of Thomas Memorial Baptist Church, Drewryville. Remains rest at Echols Funeral Home, Emporia, where funeral services will be conducted 2 P.M. Tuesday. Interment in Drewryville Cemetery. William David DOWNS, Emporia native, d. 1 Sep 1973, Norfolk, age 29, interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 4 Sep 1973, "The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Sep. 3, 1973, p. 24 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Drewryville list (D-5): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.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/d520w1ob.txt