Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Shafer, William M. Jr., 1958 

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WILLIAM MONROE SHAFER, JR. 

   FRANKLIN - William Monroe Shafer, Jr., 94, died Tuesday Nov. 18, at a 
Suffolk nursing home after a brief illness.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Mildred Clark Shafer and the son of the late 
Mr. and Mrs. Will Monroe Shafer.  He was a native of Barron, Wis.  Moving 
to Franklin about 50 years ago, he was employed at the Camp Manufacturing 
Co. until retirement.

   Surviving, besides his wife, is one niece, Mrs. W.T. Jones of Mirabloma, 
Calif.

   Funeral services were conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at the graveside in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins.

   Pallbearers were Floyd Wellons, Alton Vick, M.O. Wagenback [sic; 
Wagenbach], R.L. Wellons, J.L. Rountree and Jack Jacovides.


William Monroe SHAFER, Jr., of Franklin, retired from Camp Mnfg., 
Barron, WI native, d. 18 Nov 1958, Suffolk, age 94, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 244*), Franklin, 
   21 Nov 1958, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 26, 1958, Sect. II, p. 7 

*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," Mar. 14, 1960, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s160m1ob.txt 

The same pallbearers served both.  Milton Wagenbach had also moved 
   from Barron, WI.  He is buried in Annex 3, Sect. B, Plot 29. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 


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