Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Taylor, William L., 1939 

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WILLIAM LEVI TAYLOR

   William L. Taylor, 71, a well-known farmer and business man of the Franklin 
community, died suddenly Monday morning on Franklin Street here as he was 
collecting from his rental property on that throughfare.

   Mr. Taylor had been suffering for 10 days with angina.  He was the husband 
of Mrs. Varina Pate Taylor of Franklin, and son of the late B.W. and Mrs. 
Nellie Smith Taylor of Wilson, N.C.  Mr. Taylor was a native of North 
Carolina, and moved to Franklin 20 years ago from LaGrange, N.C.

   Besides his wife he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Rosalie Taylor Britt 
of Franklin; one son, Bob Pate Taylor of Ivor; four brothers, Everett Taylor 
of Walstonburg, N.C., Alex Taylor of Pikesville, Dalas and Mart Taylor of Snow 
Hill, N.C.; two sisters, Mrs. Richard Newborn of Snow Hill and Mrs. Will 
Herring of Walstonburg, and five grandchildren.

   Services were held from the residence Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, 
conducted by the Rev. B.B. Bland of High St. Methodist Church.  Burial was in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery with R.F. Beale, Carroll Beale, J.S. Collier, C.C. 
Vaughan, III, Tommy Vaughan, Carlton Cutchin, Leigh Johnson, G.E. Pillow and 
L.C. Duck acting as pallbearers.


William Levi TAYLOR, Franklin farmer & businessman, 
NC native, d. 13 Nov 1939, Franklin, age 71, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 74*), Franklin, 
   15 Nov 1939, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 17, 1939, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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