Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Umphlett, William W., 1936 

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WILLIAM WAFF UMPHLETT 

   William Waff Umphlett, 47* years of age of the Franklin community, was 
found dead in his room on Monday morning of this week at 6 o’clock.  The 
family, upon hearing the noise of the gun hastened to his room and found 
him shot through the head.  Mr. Umphlett had been in ill health and was 
suffering from a nervous breakdown.

   He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Robert Gardner, Misses Ruth and 
Willie May Umphlett, and two sons, Wesley and R. Frank Umphlett of Franklin; 
two brothers, L.R. Umphlett of Zuni, George C. Umphlett of Portsmouth and a 
half-brother, Hersey Underwood of Franklin.

   Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Black 
Creek Church, conducted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson.  Interment was made in the 
church cemetery.  The following acted as pallbearers: R.C. Councill, Harvey 
Cutchins, Herbert Councill, Robert Gardner, Joe Cutchins, D.C. Gillette, 
William Wester and Jimmy Blythe.


William Waff UMPHLETT, farmer, 
NC native, suicide 6 Jan 1936, near Franklin, age 48*, 
interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (unmarked**), 7 Jan 1936, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 10, 1936, p. 4 

*D.Cert. 2540 (Franklin #1) gives age 48. 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Black Creek list (BC-28): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 20, 1931, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/u514r1ob.txt 

She is buried in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, near Carrsville. 
   Beaver Dam list (BD-74), an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.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/u514w3ob.txt