Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dundlow, Essie W., 1987 

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ESSIE WILFORD* DUNDLOW 

   FRANKLIN - Essie Wilford [sic*] Dundlow, 82, of Route 2, a homemaker, died 
Nov. 29, in a hospital.

   Mrs. Dundlow, a native of Isle of Wight County, was the widow of John H. 
Dundlow.  She was a Protestant.

   Survivors include three daughters, Hattie Mae Dundlow of Suffolk, Mildred 
Raiford of Hampton and Lily Lee Darden of Franklin; two sons, Willie H. 
Dundlow of Chesapeake and Cadd E. Dundlow of Franklin; a sister, Eulice 
Darden of Suffolk; 14 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and two great-
great-grandchildren.

   The funeral was conducted Tuesday in Wright Funeral Home by the Rev. Paul 
Dingus.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Essie (WILLIFORD*; Mrs. John H. [Sr.]) DUNDLOW, homemaker, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 29 Nov 1987, age 82, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 173A*), Franklin, 
   1 Dec 1987, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 3, 1987, p. 8A 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Her parents, Cornelius Williford, 24, sn/o Sam & Jinncey, and Fannie Carr, 22, 
   dt/o Dempsey & Mary, m. 14 Dec 1893. 
   (IoW.Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy} 1893 p. 193 #104) 

Her mother, Fannie R. (CARR; Mrs. Cornelius "Jack") WILLIFORD, 
   are buried in Beaverdam Baptist Church Cemetery, near Carrsville. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Beaver Dam list (BD-4 & 79): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

Essie killed her husband with a shotgun, 5:30 p.m., 1 Oct 1944, at home, 
   Nansemond Co., near Elwood.  His D.Cert. (#22738 {Holy Neck #17}) states 
   he was buried at Franklin, 3 Oct 1944, by W.J.M. Holland & Sons, Inc. 
   Apparently unmarked, he has been added to the cemetery list.  No mention 
   of the incident was found in the next few issues of "The Smithfield Times." 


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