Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lawrence, William S., 1949 

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WILLLIAM SAMUEL LAWRENCE

   Funeral services for William Samuel Lawrence, aged 62, who died at his home 
in Seattle, Wash., on Friday, January 14, were held Monday morning at a 
Seattle funeral home, with the Elks lodge of which the deceased was a member 
conducting the rites.

   Mr. Lawrence was the second son of the late Mills E. Lawrence and Josie 
Pruden Lawrence of Franklin.  Willie as he was known to his friends here, 
attended the Franklin Military Academy and later worked for W.T. Pace in his 
hardware store.  During the Jamestown Exposition he was a clerk at the Inside 
Inn, the only hotel in the exposition grounds.  In 1908 he went to Denver, 
Colo., to make his home.  Subsequently he moved to Seattle, where he had been 
in the automobile business for the past 30 years.  In his youth he was a 
member of the Franklin Baptist Church.

   Besides his wife, Mrs. Lenora Wigen Lawrence of Seattle, he is survived by 
a stepson, Robert Wigen of Seattle; five sisters, Mrs. Winfield C. Jackley of 
Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Louise L. Pillow, Mrs. W.B . Sykes and Misses Virgie 
and Doris Lawrence of Franklin; four brothers, Mills E. Lawrence, Jr., of 
Santa Monica, Calif., Charles O. Lawrence of Norfolk, and J. Richard and David 
T. Lawrence of Franklin; seven nephews, Dr. M.E. Lawrence of Tacoma General 
Hospital, Tacoma, Wash., Lawrence W. Jackley of the United States Military 
Academy, West Point, N.Y., Charles O. Lawrence, Jr. and William S. Lawrence of 
Norfolk, and James, Richard and David T. Lawrence, Jr., all of Franklin; and 
one niece Leora Lawrence of Franklin.  Mrs. Pillow has been with her brother 
for the past eleven months and will remain in Seattle for some weeks.

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"WILLIE" LAWRENCE IS BURIED HERE SATURDAY

      The remains of William Samuel Lawrence, 62, who died at his home in 
Seattle, Wash., on Friday, January 14, were interred in the family plot in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery at 10:30 o’clock Saturday morning, January 29.

   A brief committal service was conducted at the grave by Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson, assisted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson, assisted by Rev. Randolph L. 
Gregory, in the presence or members of the family.

   Mr. Lawrence, who spent his boyhood in Franklin, was the son of the late 
Mr. and Mrs. Mills E. Lawrence, long-time residents of this town.


William Samuel "Willie" LAWRENCE, in the automobile business, 
Franklin native, d. 14 Jan 1949, at home, Seattle, WA, age 62, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 32A*), Franklin, 
   29 Jan 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 21, 1949, p. 10; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 4, 1949, p. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 6, 1931, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l652m2ob.txt 

An abstract of his mother's death certificate (1926-863-10925) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/l652j1dc.txt 


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