Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fowler, William B., 1959 

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WILLIAM BENTON FOWLER 

   William Benton Fowler, 39, well-known resident of Camptown community of 
Franklin, died Friday night, Feb. 20, in Raiford Memorial Hospital after an 
illness of several days.

   He was the son of Mrs. Ruth Snipes Fowler, and the late Hersey N. Fowler, 
Sr., of Franklin.  He was a member of Franklin Baptist Church and its Men’s 
Class.

   He was an employee of the Union Bag-Union Paper Corp. in the lumber 
division for the last 20 years.

   Surviving besides his mother, are three brothers, Herbert Fowler and 
Hersey N. Fowler, Jr., both of Franklin, and Joseph Lee Fowler of Baltimore, 
Md., three sisters, Mrs. George H. Laffoon of Richmond, Miss Lelia Mae Fowler 
of Franklin and Mrs. Lyman Pierce, Jr., of Suffolk, one nephew and two nieces.

   Funeral services were conducted in the Holland Funeral Home chapel Monday 
at 2 p.m., by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church, 
and the Rev. Donald Dunlap, assisted pastor of the church.  Burial was in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearer were James Fowler, John J. Magee, Jr., Lloyd Fowler, Carroll 
Fowler, Herman Harcum, J.W. Whitley, William Fowler, George Fowler and Calvin 
Fowler.


William Benton FOWLER, of Camptown, Camp lumber stamper, 
b. 30 Oct 1919, Isle of Wight Co., d. 27 Feb 1959, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 175*), Franklin, 
   23 Feb 1959, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 26, 1959, Sect. I, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

His parents and 2 brothers & 2 sisters are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His father Hersey Sr's obit ("Tidewater News," July 16, 1948, p. 4), 
   with his own parent's marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f460h4ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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