Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fowler, William H., 1944 

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WILLIAM HENRY FOWLER

   William Henry Fowler, age 81 years, well known resident of Black Creek 
community died at his home near Franklin Thursday night November 2, after an 
illness of many months.  Mr. Fowler was the husband of Mrs. Sarah Cutchin 
Fowler, and son of the late William H. and Annie C. Fowler of Southampton 
County.  He was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church joining the church in 
his early childhood.

   Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Annie F. Beale of 
Suffolk, Miss Mary E. Fowler of Franklin; four sons, William H. Fowler of Isle 
of Wight County, L.H. Fowler of Suffolk, Johnnie Fowler of Franklin and 
Charlie Fowler of Holland; 15 grandchildren and five great grandchildren, one 
brother, Benjamin F. Fowler of Nansemond County, one sister, Mrs. Annie Fowler 
Everett of North Carolina.

   Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the home at 2:00 by Rev. 
W.B. Watson.  Interment was in the family cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Oscar Bridgers, Junie Rose, Elvin Whitley, S.L. 
Hines, Charlie Bridgers and Lenwood Smith.


William Henry FOWLER, of Black Creek, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 2 Nov 1944, at home, near Franklin, age 81, 
interred in the family cemetery*, 5 Nov 1944, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 10, 1944 

*location not known to the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} 
   Cemetery Project (Nov 2016). 

His son Johnnie is buried in Southampton Memorial Park - Devotion II, Plot 193.
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Southampton Memorial list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

He, his bride & her parents were all mistakenly marked as colored, in the 
   Index to Southampton Co. MB6, compiled by the Brantley Family Association. 


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