Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Glover, William E., 1968 

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WILLIAM EARNEST GLOVER

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for William (Billy) Glover was conducted 
Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Chapel by the Rev. 
Edwin C. Thornton Jr. of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.  Burial was in Poplar 
Spring cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Paul Gerald, Frank Bradshaw, Rawls M. Bradshaw, L.B. 
Adams, Bernard Lankford and Ryland Duck.

   A native of Isle of Wight County, he was the son of John Robert Glover 
and Mrs. Lilly Lou Brock Glover and the wife of Mrs. Annie Parker Glover.

   Glover, 24, a sheet metal worker, drowned Thursday about 7:25 p.m. after 
falling out of a boat in the Blackwater River here.

   Coroner, Dr. Henry L. Gardner said he fell into water 25' deep near the 
north shore of the river in the Pinpoint section, according to a report 
given by a fishing companion, Clarence Story Jr. of Franklin.

   Police said they had no details about the drowning.

   The body was recovered about 8:30 p.m. by Franklin Rescue Squadsmen 
dragging the river.  It was found only a few feet from the point Glover 
went into the water.

   Glover was employed by R.L. Tillett Sheet Metal Works near here.

   Surviving besides his wife, and parents are two sisters, Mrs. Sally D. 
Kirk of Holland, and Mrs. Grace D. Kotel of Franklin; three brothers, 
John R. Glover Jr. of Newsoms, Milton Lee Glover and Joseph G. Dundalow 
of Franklin.


William Earnest "Billy" GLOVER, sheet metal worker, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, 
drowned 9 May 1968, "Pinpoint," Blackwater River at Franklin, age 24, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 69A*), Franklin, 
   11 May 1968, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 13, 1968, p. 6 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

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