Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gardner, Willie C., 1940 

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WILLIE C. GARDNER

SEDLEY MAN FOUND FATALLY BURNED IN HOME WEDNESDAY

   Willie C. Gardner, 80 year old resident of the Johnson’s Grove community 
near Sedley, was found burned to death in his home Wednesday morning.  Mr. 
Gardner lived alone and had not been seen since Monday, when a neighbor 
brought him home in a car Monday morning.

   The same man was passing Wednesday morning about 9 o’clock and stopped near 
the house.  He noticed that the chickens came running to the fence as if they 
had not been fed for a long time and went over to the house and looked through 
a window.  He saw Mr. Gardner lying face down on the floor and once going in 
the house found that his clothing was burned off from the waist up.  He had 
fallen in front of an open fireplace.

   The house was not burned except for a hole in the floor over which Gardner 
was lying.  It was conjectured that perhaps the old man had had an attack of 
some kind or that he and possibly gone to sleep before the fireplace and his 
clothing had caught fire before he realized it.  It was thought that the fatal 
accident had occurred Monday or quite early Tuesday, from the condition of the 
body.

   The body was brought to W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home here, where the 
body was prepared for burial

   Mr. Gardner is survived by a niece, Miss Anna Gardner of Sedley, and a 
nephew, T.D. Gardner of Capron.  He was a member of Johnson’s Grove Christian 
Church.  Services were conducted at the grave in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley, 
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock with his pastor, Dr. Elwood W. Jones 
officiating.


William C. "Willie" GARDNER, farmer, 
d. ca. 19 Nov 1940, at home, Johnson's Grove, age ca. 80*, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 9 Nov 1940, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 22, 1940, p. 1 

*Grave marker gives 1858 - 1940.  Compare ages in marriage records (below). 
Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-30): 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

Additional information: 

William C. Gardner, 33, s, So.Co., 
   s/o Jno. Arrington and Margaret Barrett Gardner
01-23-1894 So.Co., Va. by Rev. J.E. Jones
Ella M. Williams, 29, s, So.Co., 
   d/o Robert N. and Frances Williams
(MB8:133; transcribed by Bruce Saunders; posted at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb08pt.txt) 

William C. Gardner, 39, w, So.Co., So.Co., 
   s/o Jno. Arrington and Margaret Barrett Gardner, Farmer
01-09-1897 Bride’s residence by Rev. W.B. James
Mary A. Bradshaw Smith, 40, w, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o Edwin and Mary Agnes White Bradshaw
(MB9:105; transcribed by Bruce Saunders; posted at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb09pt.txt) 

Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g635w2ob.txt