Southampton-Greensville County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sebrell, Nannie B. Prince, 1957 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ NANNIE B PRINCE SEBRELL Mrs. Nannie Prince Sebrell, 83, died Sunday night, June 30, at her home in Courtland after an illness of many months. She was the widow of William Joseph Sebrell of Courtland, member of the House of Delegates of Virginia, and the daughter of the late Col. John and Elizabeth Butts Prince of Greensville County.* Mrs. Sebrell was a member of the Courtland Baptist Church and of its Woman's Missionary Society, in which she was very active until her illness. She was educated at Chowan College, Murfreesboro, N.C. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Paige S. Johnson of Roslyn, N.Y., and Miss Elizabeth R. Wynns of Courtland; two grandchildren, Mrs. James R. McDaniel of Longmeadow, Mass., and W.J. Sebrell Johnson of Bird Neck Point, Virginia Beach, a brother, David T. Prince of Franklin; a niece, Mrs. Melvin James of Charleston, W.Va.; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the home of Tuesday at 4 p.m. by Rev. Joseph R. Johnson of Lynchburg, Rev. Kenneth R. Burke of Richmond, and Rev. Robert L. Bailey, pastor of the Courtland Baptist Church. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland. Pallbearers were James Woodard, Joseph W. Carney, Dr. Frank Daughtrey, L.L. Manry, Hatcher Story, James R. McDaniel, Richard T. Short and W.W. Johnson. Nannie B. (PRINCE; Mrs. William J.) SEBRELL, Greensville Co. native, d. 30 Jun 1957, at home, Courtland, age 83, interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 4**), Courtland, 2 Jul 1957, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 4, 1957, Sect. II, p. 7 **Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Riverside list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt Her husband's obits ("Tidewater News," Apr. 1 & 8, 1949) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s164w1ob.txt *Additional information: Her parents were David PRINCE Jr., son of David & Nancy (RIVERS) PRINCE, of Sussex Co., and Elizabeth "Betty" Turner (PRINCE) PRINCE. Her mother and maternal grandparents are buried in a PRINCE family cemetery, "Green Plain," ca. 2 miles east of Emporia. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-57): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s164n1ob.txt