Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, J. Buck, 1955 

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JOHN BUCK STEPHENSON 

   John (Buck) Stephenson, 86, a life-long resident of Southampton County, 
died in a Norfolk hospital on Friday night, May 13, after a long illness.

   The oldest member of Millfield Baptist Church, he was the husband of 
Mrs. Annie Williams Stephenson, who survives.

   Other survivors are three  daughters, Mrs. W.C. Swain of Victoria, Mrs. 
V.R. Keeton of Roanoke, and Miss Emily Stephenson of Blackstone; five sons, 
Charles H. and Richard W. Stephenson, both of Victoria, Samuel B. and Roy 
Stephenson, both of Wakefield, and john b. Stephenson of Portsmouth; and 18 
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

   Funeral services for Mr. Stephenson were conducted on Sunday afternoon 
at 3 o’clock in the Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, by Revs. John L. 
White and J. Sidney Cobb, retired Baptist ministers.  Burial was in the 
family cemetery near Wakefield.  John Rollison of Courtland sang "Face to 
Face."

   Pallbearers were N.S. Boykins, Allen J. Faircloth, John T. Faircloth, 
Jr., Archie R. Gardner, Thomas Rose, B.G. Stephenson, Wayne Stephenson and 
R.F. Warren, Sr.


John 'Buck' STEPHENSON, 
life-long resident of Southampton Co., d. 13 May 1955, Norfolk, age 86, 
interred in the STEPHENSON family cemetery*, Millfield Rd., 15 May 1955, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 19, 1955, Sect. II, p. 7 

*His parents, Charles S. & Mary E. (LAINE) STEPHENSON, are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-13): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," July 5, 1962, Sect. II, p. 1) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s315a2ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s315b1ob.txt