Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hancock, Lula Whitehead, 1957 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LULA WHITEHEAD HANCOCK MRS. LULA W. HANCOCK Mrs. Lula Whitehead Hancock, 81, well known and beloved resident of the Sedley community, died early Wednesday morning, September 11, in Raiford Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was the widow of Benjamin Franklin Hancock, and the daughter of the late William A. and Martha Hundley Whitehead of Southampton County. She was a member of Johnson Grove Christian Church. Surviving are five sons, H.P. Hancock, Benjamin F. Hancock, Jr., Ellis Hancock, and W.B. Hancock, all of Sedley, and Rommie Hancock of Courtland; four daughters, Mrs. J.R. Vaughan of Lasker, N.C.; Mrs. L.L. Mountcastle of St. Petersburg, Fla.; Mrs. G.L. Cooke of Portsmouth and Mrs. J.L. Spivey of Whittier, Calif; 16 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. J.E. Butler of Franklin; two brothers, Levi Wellons, of Sedley and Pressley Wellons of Franklin; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Friday) at 3 p.m. in the chapel of the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by Rev. William A. Grisson of Windsor, former pastor of Johnson Grove Christian Church, and Rev. Mel Johnson, pastor of Sedley Methodist Church. Burial will be in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. Lula (WHITEHEAD; Mrs. Benjamin F.) HANCOCK, 11 Sep 1957, age 81, interred in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley, 13 Sep 1957, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 12, 1957 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Rosemont list (S-33): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Carol Stevens, and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h522l1ob.txt