Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Francis, William B., 1982 

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WILLIAM BARHAM FRANCIS 

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for William Barham Francis, 63, was held 
at 3:30 p.m. Monday in Holland-Rideout Funeral Chapel by the Revs. Richard 
Peery and Arthur L. Harris.  Burial was in Southampton Memorial Park.

   Pallbearers were: Joe Joyner, Tom Hawkins, Jack Story, Rufus Johnson, 
Mike Henson, Roger Butler, Marvin Butler, Delton Eure and Carroll Bowles. 
Honorary pallbearers were: Dewitt Clark, J.K. Wyatt and Vernie Gray, Jr.

   Francis died Friday in his home.

   A native of Isle of Wight County, he was the husband of Audrey Marie 
Dodd Francis.  He had retired from Union Camp Corp. as a shipping department 
supervisor after 42 years.

   Francis was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church and Moose Lodge 1573 
and a charter member of Blackwater Hunt Club.  He was a Army veteran of 
World War II.

   Other survivors include his mother, Edith Francis Presson and his 
stepfather, Willie H. Presson of Franklin; a daughter, Sylvia Marie Rindhart 
of Lawton, Okla.; a son, Larry William Francis of Columbia, S.C.; three 
sisters, Maude F. Presson of Carrsville, Marjorie Hunnings of Jackson, N.C. 
and Mary P. Turner of Franklin; a brother, Calvin C. Francis of Chesapeake; 
and two grandchildren.


William Barham FRANCIS, retired Union Camp shipping dept. supervisor, 
Army veteran of WW-II, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 12 Nov 1987, at home, Isle of Wight Co., age 63, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Devotion I, Plot 87*), 15 Nov 1982, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 18, 1982, p. 8A 

*His mother & stepfather are buried in Christus II, Plot 39. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Southampton Memorial Park list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

His father and paternal grandparents are buried in 
   Mt. Horeb Methodist Church Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-11): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 


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