Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stephenson, Samuel W. Sr., 1975 

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SAMUEL WAYNE STEPHENSON

Samuel Wayne Stephenson, age 37, of Rt. 2, Courtland, Va., died Sunday in his 
home after a long illness.  A native of Southampton County*, he was the husband 
of Mrs. Julia Joyner Stephenson and the son of Samuel B. and Mrs. Mazie Hines 
Stephenson of Wakefield.  He was employed by Continental Telephone of Va. and 
had been superintendent of the Franklin-Smithfield Service Center for 18 
years.  He was a member of Courtland Baptist Church and the Ellis Bible Class. 
Besides his wife and parents, surviving are one daughter, Selinda Leigh 
Stephenson and one son, Samuel W. Stephenson, Jr., both of Courtland; one 
sister, Mrs. Faye Campbell of Richmond; one brother, Robert M. Stephenson of 
Wakefield.  A graveside service will be held Tuesday at 2 P.M. in Riverside 
Cemetery by Rev. Edmund Ellis.  W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home in charge.


Samuel Wayne STEPHENSON, Sr., Continental Telephone superintendent, 
*b. Sussex Co., d. 5 Oct 1975, at home, Courtland, age 37, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 58*), Courtland, 7 Oct 1975, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Mon., Oct. 6, 1975, p. 38 

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

His parents are buried in Millfield Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-25): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 


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