Southampton County-Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Simmons, Rebecca F. Williams, 1943 

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REBECCA FRANCES WILLIAMS SIMMONS 

MRS. BENJAMIN O. SIMMONS 

PETERSBURG - Mrs. Rebecca Frances Simmons, widow of Benjamin Owen Simmons, 
died Sunday afternoon at her home, 1122 Halifax St.  She was a native of 
Southampton County, but had resided in Petersburg 33 years.  She is survived 
by the following children: Mrs. Ollie Knott, of Dinwiddie County; Mrs. Otis 
Davis, of Churchville; Mrs. Herman Rawlings, of Sebrell; Benjamin F. Simmons 
and Henry Simmons, and one stepdaughter, Mrs. J.N. Rowe, all of this city. 
Funeral services will be held in the chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son at 3 p.m. 
Tuesday. Burial will be in Blandford Cemetery.

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REBECCA FRANCES WILLIAMS SIMMONS 

   Mrs. Rebecca Frances Simmons, wife of the late Benjamin Owen Simmons of 
Petersburg, died Sunday afternoon at 6 o’clock at her home.  Mrs. Simmons had 
been in declining health about a year and for the past five weeks she had been 
confined to her bed.  The deceased was a native of Southampton County, but had 
lived in Petersburg 33 years.

   Surviving Mrs. Simmons are the following children; Mrs. Ollie Knott of 
Dinwiddie County; Mrs. Otis Davis of Branchville; Mrs. Herman Rollings of 
Sebrell; Benjamin F. Simmons and Henry Simons and one step-daughter, Mrs. J.N. 
Rowe of Petersburg.

   Services were held in the chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son, Petersburg, Tuesday 
afternoon at 3 o’clock.  The Rev. L. Oakey Wilburn, pastor of Trinity Methodist 
Church, of which she had long been a member, officiated.  Burial was in 
Blandford Cemetery, Peterburg.


Rebecca Frances "Fannie" (WILLIAMS; Mrs. Benjamin Owen) SIMMONS, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 9 May 1943, at home, Petersburg, 
interred in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, 11 May 1943, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 14, 1943 

Additional information: 

Her husband is buried in the SEBRELL-SIMMONS family cemetery (Plot 11), 
   Sebrell.  Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-3): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

His (donated, 1920) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s552b1ob.txt 


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