Southampton-Accomack County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Watkinson, Harwood P., 1987 

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HARWOOD PAIGE WATKINSON

   COURTLAND - Harwood Paige Watkinson, 68, of Main St., a retired carpenter, 
died May 29, in a Richmond hospital.

   Mr. Watkinson, a Accomack County native, was a former Courtland town 
councilman and a former Southampton County deputy sheriff.  He was a past 
master of the Courtland Masonic Lodge and was a World War II Army veteran. He 
was a member of Courtland United Methodist Church and the Davis Ridley Hunt 
Club.

   Survivors include his wife, Virginia Davis Watkins; a daughter, Patti A. 
Watkinson; a daughter of Sedley; three sons, Harwood P. Watkinson of the 
Virgin Islands, Wayne P. Watkinson of Richmond and William P. Watkinson of 
Chapel Hill, N.C.; four sisters, Nell W. Finney of Stephensville, Md., Ann W. 
Messick of Kilmarnock, Bernice Harteman of Onancock and Alma W. Browne of 
Franklin; a brother, Jack A. Watkinson of Greenbush; and three grandchildren.

   The funeral was conducted Sunday in Courtland United Methodist Church by 
the Rev. Luther Marks.  Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.  Memorial 
donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.

   Wright Funeral Home handled arrangements.


Harwood Paige WATKINSON, of Courtland, retired carpenter, 
Army veteran of WW-II, 
Accomack Co. native, d. 29 May 1987, Richmond, age 68, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 26*), Courtland, 
   31 May 1987, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 4, 1987, p. 7A 

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