Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hand, Willie O., 1966 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ WILLIE OLIVER HAND FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Willie Oliver Hand was conducted Tuesday at 4 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert E. Abbott of Mt. Horeb Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Louis Luter, Joseph Luter, Carlton Luter, Cecil Luter, Fred Rabil, and H.S. Grizzard. Hand, 83, died early Monday in a hospital. A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of the late Mrs. Lelia Story Hand and a son of John T. and Mrs. Nannie Cornette Hand. He was retired from Union Camp Corp. Surviving are four sons, John T. Hand of Franklin, William F. Hand of Boykins, W.O. Hand of Boykins, and Robert R. Hand of Smithfield; four daughters, Mrs. Lizzie Turner of Norfolk, Mrs. Elmer Brewer of Emporia, Mrs. Richard Ricks of Boykins, and Mrs. Ethel Lee of Windsor; 24 grandchildren; and 20 great grandchildren. ****************************************************************************** WILLIE OLIVER HAND FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Willie Oliver Hand was conducted Tuesday at 4 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert E. Abbott of Mt. Horeb Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Powell Brewer, Willie Brewer, Dan Brewer, R.L. Bradshaw, Doulas Kale and Earl Turner. Hand, 83, died early Monday in a hospital. A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of the late Mrs. Lelia Story Hand and a son of John T. and Mrs. Nannie Cornette Hand. He was retired from Union Camp Corp. Surviving are four sons, John T. Hand of Franklin, William F. Hand of Boykins, W.O. Hand of Boykins, and Robert R. Hand of Smithfield; four daughters, Mrs. Lizzie Turner of Norfolk, Mrs. Elmer Brewer of Emporia, Mrs. Richard Ricks of Boykins, and Mrs. Ethel Lee of Windsor; 24 grandchildren; and 20 great grandchildren. Willie Oliver HAND, retired from Union Camp, Southampton Co. native, d. 31 Oct 1966, Franklin, age 83, interred in Mt. Horeb Methodist Church Cemetery*, 1 Nov 1966, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 3, 1966, p. 7; "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 10, 1966, p. 10 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-12): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h530w1ob.txt