Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wilson, Katherine V. Presson, 1960 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ KATHERINE VIRGINIA PRESSON WILSON MRS. W.W. WILSON Mrs. Katherine Virginia Wilson, 46, died Thursday morning in the Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Richmond, after a long illness. She was a lifelong resident of the Franklin community. She was the wife of Wesley W. Wilson and the daughter of John C. Presson and the late Mrs. Georgia Mae Stakes Presson of Princess Anne County. She was a member of the Franklin Congregational Christian Church. Besides her father and husband, she is survived by two sons, Gilbert H. Story and Wesley W. Wilson, Jr., both of Franklin; three daughters, Judy Fay Story, Joyce Wilson and Alice Wilson, all of Franklin; five brothers, Waverly C. Presson of Boydton, Vernon C. Presson, Willie H. Presson, Eugene Lee Presson and Melvin H. Presson, all of Franklin, and one grandchild. A funeral service was conducted at W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home Saturday at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Tucker G. Humphries, pastor of Franklin Congregational Christian Church, and the Rev. Edwin C. Thornton Jr., pastor of Beaver Dam Baptist Church. Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Pallbearers were Luther Hunnings, Howard Blythe, Dorcie Phillips, Randolph Ricks, Robert R. Faison and Meredith Turner. Katherine Virginia (PRESSON; Mrs. Wesley Wm.) WILSON, d. 21 Jan 1960, Richmond, age 46, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 53B*), Franklin, 23 Jan 1960, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 25, 1960, p. 7 *Buried with parents and brothers in this family plot. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," July 20, 1945, p. 8) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p625g1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w425k1ob.txt