Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nicholson, Joseph M., 1944 

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JOSEPH MANNING NICHOLSON

   Joseph Manning Nicholson, 85, well-known farmer of the Capron community, 
died Tuesday afternoon, May 30, at his home after an illness of many months. 
He was the husband of Mrs. Ella Joyner Nicholson and son of the late Londy 
and Elizabeth Davis Nicholson of Sussex County.

   Besides his wife he is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Annie Kitchen of 
Capron, Mrs. Daisy Edwards and Mrs. Vanola Giles of Norfolk, Mrs. Pearl 
Wills of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Ruby McKennon of Hampton and Mrs. Mary Johnson 
of Newport News; one son, Robert Lee Nicholson of Capron; 10 grandchildren 
and four great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Ella Brantley of Elizabeth City 
County; two brothers, A.B. Nicholson of Sussex County and J.D. Nicholson of 
Hopewell.

   Funeral services were conducted at the residence Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. by 
the Rev. L.D. Stables, the Rev. R.H. Marks and the Rev. C. Bailey Jones. 
Burial was in Sebrell Cemetery.

   The pallbearers were: Jesse Vick, Lee Felts, J.C. Williams, Thomas Gardner, 
Irving Baker and Paul Joyner.


Joseph Manning NICHOLSON, farmer, 
d. 30 May 1944, at home, Capron, age 85, 
interred in the SEBRELL-SIMMONS Cemetery (Plot 4*), Sebrell, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 2, 1944, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-1): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

His widow's (donated 1952) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/n242e1ob.txt 


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