Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Mannes, William D., 1951 
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WILLIAM D. MANNES

William Donaldson Mannes, 79, a druggist in Boykins for the past 41 years, died 
of a heart attack at his home on Saturday evening, April 14, at 6:17 o'clock.

A native of Ossian, Ind., he moved to Boykins in January, 1910, and established 
the Boykins Drug Company, which he had operated continually since that time.  A 
quiet, unassuming man, he numbered many friends among the Boykins people, both 
white and colored.  He was a member of the Boykins Methodist Church, making 
himself active in young people's work in the Sunday School.  He was also a 
member of the Ossian, Ind., Lodge, A. F. & A. M.  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. 
Nellie Mannes, and one daughter, Miss Gertrude Mannes, both of Boykins.

Funeral services were held at the graveside in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, on 
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. M. W. Anderson, pastor of the Boykins 
Methodist Church, officiating, assisted by Rev. W. L. Sturtevant of Calio, a 
former pastor, and Rev. N. B. Habel, pastor of the Boykins Baptist Church.  
Mrs. H. M. Purviance sang "At Eventide."  The casket was covered by a pall of 
lilies and red roses.  An unusually large crowd, including many colored friends 
of the deceased, was in attendance.

The active pallbearers were Norman S. Beaton, Dr. J. M. Bland, J. R. Broocke, 
Dr. J. J. Grizzard, H. F. McCoy, C. B. Rock, Jr., J. M. White, Jr., and W. W. 
White.  Honorary pallbearers were members of the Wesley and Young Men's Bible 
classes of the Methodist Church.


[William Donaldson MANNES, d. 14 Apr 1951, age 79, obituary, 
 interred in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, 16 Apr 1951, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), obit dated 20 Apr 1951] 

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