Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hill, William W., 1951 

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WILLIAM WILSON HILL

   Funeral services for William Wilson Hill, 29, seaman 2-c, who died in the 
McGuire Veterans Hospital, Richmond, at 4:20 o’clock Thursday afternoon, 
September 6, were conducted at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Barnes Methodist 
Church, near Newsoms, by the pastor, Rev. R.B. Moore, assisted by Rev. F. 
Lassiter of Alexander Park, Portsmouth. 

   Norfolk Post No. 4 of the American Legion furnished an honor guard for 
the church services and a firing squad at the grave in Beechwood Cemetery, 
Boykins, where "Taps" was sounded.  The choir, accompanied by Miss Juliette 
Barrett at the organ, sang "In The Sweet Bye and Bye" and "God Be With You 
Till We Meet Again." 

   Active pallbearers were C.C. Barnes, Linwood Drake, C.Q. Ferguson, Jr., 
Bynum Hill, Carroll Hill, Raleigh Hill, Hugh Parker and J.T. Parker. 

   The deceased was a veteran of World War II, and had been a patient in the 
hospital about a year on account of a disability received during the war.* 

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Gray Hill, and two daughters, 
Patricia Jean, 4, and Dorothy Virginia, 3, all of Portsmouth; his mother, 
Mrs. J.C. Whitfield of Handsom; five brothers, Edward C. Hill of Franklin, 
Eppa Hill of Baltimore, Md., George Hill of Newsoms, J.B. Hill of Holland, 
and Thomas Hill of Newport News; and three sisters, Mrs. Edward Story and 
Mrs. Jesse Story of Newsoms and Mrs. Charles Barnes of Portsmouth.


Seaman William Wilson HILL, Navy veteran of WW-II, 
Boykins native, d. 6 Sep 1951, Richmond, age 29, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 35**), Boykins, 9 Sep 1951, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 14, 1951 

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

*His D.Cert. (1951 #20515) gives d. of Wilson's Disease, which is a genetic 
   disorder.  (en.wikipedia.org) 


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