Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Northrop, William H. Jr., 1943 

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WILLIAM HARRIS NORTHROP, JR.

   William Harris* Northrop, Jr., aged 44, and the husband of the former Miss 
Velda Conwell, a native of Franklin**, died of a heart attack on the streets of 
Charlotte, N.C., last Friday morning about noon.  Mr. Northrop was head of the 
accounting department of the American Trust Company in Charlotte, having 
joined the staff of that institution in 1924, and was held in high esteem by 
his co-workers.  He was a veteran of World War I.

   Besides his wife, Mr. Northrop is survived by twin daughters, Ann and 
Susan, aged 12, and a son, William Harris Northrop, 3rd, aged two and a half; 
his mother, Mrs. W.H. Northrop, all of Charlotte; two brothers, Sam Northrop 
of Greenville, N.C., and Robert Northrop, U.S. Naval Reserve; two sisters, 
Mrs. H.G. Kletzien, Milwaukee, Wis., and Miss Sophie Northrop of Wilmington, 
N.C.

   Services were conducted Saturday in Charlotte, and burial was made in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery here Monday morning at 11 o’clock, the rites being 
conducted by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson.  Pallbearers were Roy T. Matthews, 
Kenneth M. Pillow, Herbert Edwards, Franklin Whitfield, Tony Cobb, Linwood 
Edwards, Willie Weede and J.J. Pace.


William Harris* NORTHROP, Jr., Charlotte accounting dept. head, WW-I veteran, 
d. 10 Sep 1943, Charlotte, NC, age 44, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 10A*), Franklin, 
   13 Sep 1943, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 17, 1943, p. 9 

*Cemetery list spells his middle name Harriss, as does wife's obit. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

**other data indicate b. Wilmington, N.C.; 
   apparently "native of Franklin" refers to his wife. 
   Her obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 9, 1972, Sect. A, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/n636v1ob.txt 


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