Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sebrell, William J., 1949 

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WILLIAM JOSEPH SEBRELL

WILLIAM J. SEBRELL OF COURTLAND DIES THURSDAY AT AGE 81

   Information was received shortly before our going to press of the death in 
St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Richmond, early Thursday morning, March 31, of 
William Joseph Sebrell of Courtland.  Mr. Sebrell, who was 81 years of age on 
March 3, had been in ill health for the past two or three years, but he was 
taken to the hospital only the day before his death.

   The deceased was the son of the late William Nicholas Sebrell and Elizabeth 
Randolph Pretlow Sebrell, and was born at Barn Taveran (Sebrell) on March 3, 
1868.  He attended the Louisville Business College in Louisville, Ky., where 
he received the training which was to contribute to his success as a business 
man.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nannie Prince Sebrell; one daughter, Mrs. 
Page Sebrell Johnson of Long Island, N.Y., and Sebrell Johnson of Virginia 
Beach; and a foster daughter, his niece, Miss Elizabeth Randolph Wynns of 
Courtland.  A brother, Marvin Pretlow Sebrell, died on January 22, 1946.

   Mr. Sebrell was a member of the Courtland Baptist Church, in all the 
affairs of which he took an active interest.  He was a prosperous merchant of 
Courtland, a farmer, and until 1946 was engaged in the peanut business at the 
county seat.  Like his brothers, Marvin P. Sebrell he represented Southampton 
County in the General Assembly, his service in the House of Delegates 
including the sessions of 1924, 1926 and  1927.

   Funeral services for Mr. Sebrell will be held at the late residence in 
Courtland this afternoon at two o'clock with Rev. Kenneth Burke of Norfolk, a 
former pastor of the Courtland Baptist Church, officiating, assisted by Rev. 
L.M. Kanipe, the present pastor.  Interment will be in the Courtland cemetery.

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WILLIAM JOSEPH SEBRELL

SEBRELL FUNERAL IS HELD IN COURTLAND

   Funeral services for William Joseph Sebrell, who died in a Richmond 
hospital early Thursday morning, March 31, were held at his home in Courtland 
Baptist Church, officiated, assisted by Rev. L.M. Kanipe, the present pastor, 
and Rev. J.R. Johnson, also a former pastor.  Burial was in Riverside 
Cemetery, Courtland.

   The services were largely attended, and there were many floral tributes. 
The casket was covered with a blanket of Easter lilies, red rosebuds, 
gardenias and fern.

   Active pallbearers were Lucius M. Manry, Prince Sebrell, Marion Joyner, 
C.C. Vaughan, 3d, J. Edward Moyler, William T. Woodley, Tucker Carney, William 
Johnson and Jim McDaniel.


William Joseph SEBRELL, Courtland merchant, former Delegate, 
b. 3 Mar 1868, Sebrell, d. 31 Mar 1949, Richmond, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 4*), Courtland, 
   1 Apr 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 1, 1949, p. 1; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 8, 1949, p. 14 

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

His parents are buried in the SEBRELL-SIMMONS family cem., Sebrell - Plot 22. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-8): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," July 4, 1957, Sect. II, p. 7) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s164n1ob.txt 


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