Southampton-King William County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nicholson, Della H. Powell, 1941 

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DELLA POWELL NICHOLSON 

DEATH OF MRS. S. R. NICHOLSON 

   Mrs. Della Powell Nicholson died suddenly at her home in North High Street 
Tuesday morning.  She was in her 71st year, and was a native King William 
County, Va., the daughter of the late James and Mrs. Sarah Rainey Powell.  Mr. 
Nicholson, who died several years ago was a useful and esteemed citizen of 
this town, and she is survived by a son, Edgar P. Nicholson of Indianapolis, 
Indiana, and two grandchildren.  She also leaves three sisters, Mrs. David H. 
Eley of Franklin, Mrs. M. Campbell of Mangohick, and Mrs. J.E. Eubank of 
Richmond, and a brother, J.D. Powell of Mangohick, Va. 

   Mrs. Nicholson, who had lived in Franklin since her marriage many years 
ago, was a consistent member of High Street Methodist Church, and of its 
church organizations and numbered many friends here. 

   Funeral services were held from the residence Thursday afternoon at 3 
o'clock by her pastor, Rev. B.B. Bland, assisted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson of 
the Baptist Church.  Burial was made in the family plot in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery, the pallbearers being F.F. Jenkins, Edgar Jackson, W.M. Weede, G.E. 
Pillow, Cecil Vaughan, 3rd, Linwood Edwards, Dr. R.L. Raiford and Howard Short 
of Lawrenceville. 


Della Hall (POWELL; Mrs. Samuel Robert) NICHOLSON, 
b. 22 Oct 1870, King William Co., d. 22 Apr 1941, at home, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 19A*), Franklin, 
   24 Apr 1941, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 36, No. 27, Fri., Apr. 25, 1941, p. 5 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Cyndi Harrison - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Mem. #256610109, which gives Delia. 

D.Cert. 11037 (Franklin #43) 

Her father-in-law's obit ("Daily State Journal," Mar. 29, 1872, p. 1, col. 3), 
   with additional information appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/n242d2ob.txt 


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