Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Peterson, William M., 1967 

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WILLIAM M. PETERSON

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for William M. Peterson was conducted 
Wednesday at 2 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, by the 
Rev. R.E. Brittle of Hunterdale United Church of Christ.  Burial was in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Raymond Bess, Scott, Lassiter, Garnet Whitley Sr., Garnet 
Whitley Jr., William Bradshaw, Billy Dilday, Jesse McClenny, and Waltz Freeman.

   Peterson, 58, a justice of the peace and a retired nurseryman, died early 
Monday in his home.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Emily Hasty 
Peterson and a son of Johnnie and Mrs. Maggie Worrell Peterson of Southampton 
County.

   He was a member of Franklin Congregational Christian Church, Woodmen of the 
World Lodge 18, and Fork of the River Ruritan Club.

    Besides his widow, surviving are two brothers, Wallace M. Peterson of 
Pensacola, Fla., and E. Lee Peterson of Greensboro, N.C.; and two sisters, 
Mrs. Gattie Tucci of Richmond and Mrs. Virginia Sullivan of Chesapeake.


William M. PETERSON, justice of the peace and retired nurseryman, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 13 Nov 1967, at home, age 58, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 3*), Franklin, 
   15 Nov 1967, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 16, 1967, p. 8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 16, 1970) is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p362e1ob.txt 


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