Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hancock, Benjamin F. Jr., 1962 

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HANCOCK, JR. 

   B. F. Hancock Jr. 

  SEDLEY - Benjamin Franklin Hancock Jr., 59, died Tuesday night in his home 
after a brief illness. 

  A native of Sedley, he was a son of Benjamin and Mrs. Lula Whitehead Hancock 
of Southampton County and the husband of Mrs. Virginia Williams Hancock.  He 
was a member of Grace Memorial Methodist Church and the Men's Bible Class. 

  Besides his wife he is survived by a son, the Rev. Elliott Hancock of 
Portsmouth; a daughter, Mrs. R.E. Baugham Jr. of Boykins; four brothers, 
Herbert Hancock and William Bryan Hancock, both of Sedley, Ronie [sic; Romie] 
Hancock of Courtland and Ellis Hancock of Holland; four sisters, Mrs. J.R. 
Vaughan of Rich Square, N.C., Mrs. Garland Cook of Portsmouth, Mrs. Joseph 
Allen of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mrs. James L. Spivey of Whittier, Calif.; 
and a grandson. 

  A funeral service will be conducted today at 4:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & 
Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. J.H. Moreland of Grace Memorial Methodist 
Church.  Burial will be in Rosemont Cemetery in Sedley. 


Benjamin Franklin HANCOCK, Jr., farmer, 
b. 6 Jun 1903, Southampton Co., d. 28 Aug 1962, at home, Sedley, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 30 Aug 1962, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 97, No. 272, Thurs., Aug. 30, 1962, 
   p. 8, clipping mistakenly posted with Find a Grave Memorial #163160686*, 
   by Yeshua Freak (ALS sux) 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-33): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

Photos of his gravestone - added by Cyndi Harrison & Budjr - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #191173133; it actually shows "Benjiman." 

D.Cert. 22912 (Dist. 187 #72) 

His parents are also buried there. 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 5, 1953, p. 11) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h522b3ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 12, 1957, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h522l1ob.txt 

Find a Grave Memorial #163160686 (Jan 2026) has him confused with 
   Benjamin Franklin HANCOCK (1904 - 1973), buried with first wife 
   Alice Gladys (WOMACK) HANCOCK (1904 - 1968) in Southlawn Memorial Park, 
   Prince George Co.  He was the son of Benjamin Walter & Ella Frances 
   (SEWARD) HANCOCK, buried in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery. 
   Rocky Hock list, an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 


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file at: 
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