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

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DELLA POWELL 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 R.) NICHOLSON, 
King William Co. native, d. 22 Apr 1941, at home, Franklin, age 70, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 19A*), Franklin, 
   24 Apr 1941, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 25, 1941, p. 5 

*original gave "Delia," but that disagrees both with the Bureau of Vital 
   Statistics {BVS} Death Index- 1941, Vol. 18__ {torn}, Cert. No. 11037, and 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

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


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