Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Shands, Hon. William M., 1922 

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WILLIAM SHANDS

    Hon. William Shands, former State Senator and Commonwealth’s Attorney, and 
one of the best-known citizens of this county, died of pneumonia at Staunton, 
Va., Tuesday, March 14, in his fifty-ninth year. Mr. Shands was the only child 
of the late General W.B. Shands of this county and was a great-grandson of 
President John Tyler. He was twice married, his first wife being the daughter of 
the late Dr. T.J. Pretlow, and his second wife, the oldest daughter of Mr. J. 
William Ridley of the county, who survived him with three children, W.R. Shands 
of Richmond and Misses Latitia and Bessie Shands of Courtland.

   The deceased practiced law in Southampton for more than thirty years and 
before his health failed had been a prominent and useful citizen. He was taken 
to Staunton for treatment a few days ago, dying with pneumonia soon after his 
arrival there. The body was brought to Courtland for interment and funeral 
services were conducted from the Shands residence by Rev. Winfield Shiers of St. 
Luke’s Episcopal Church, of which the deceased was a loyal communicant. The 
active pallbearers, all members of the Southampton bar, were E. Frank Story, 
R.E.L. Watkins, Claude J. Edwards, Barclay Pretlow,  Jno. C. Parker, E.L. Beale, 
Jas. T. Gillette, C.W. Davis.  The honorary pallbearers included a number of 
personal friends and there were many beautiful floral tributes. Interment was 
made in the family plot in Riverside Cemetery.


[Hon. William M. SHANDS, d. 14 Mar 1922, Staunton, age 59, 
 interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 16), Courtland, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 17, 1922, p. 1] 

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