Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wellons, Bessie Holland, 1969 

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BESSIE HOLLAND WELLONS

   SEDLEY - Mrs. Bessie Holland Wellons, 65, died Wednesday in a Roanoke 
Rapids, N.C. nursing home.

   A native of Nansemond County, she was a daughter of J. Frank and Mrs. Mary 
Helen Porter Holland and the wife of William B. Wellons.

   She was a member of Sedley Baptist Church, a past president of Missionary 
Society, teacher of Ladies Bible Class, and a past president of Sedley Woman’s 
Club.

   Besides her husband, she is survived by three daughters Mrs. Willie Smith 
of Sedley, Mrs. Bessie Johnson of Mobjack, and Mrs. Martha Hundley of Nags 
Head, N.C.; a son, Harry A. Wellons of Victoria; a brother, J. Moody Holland 
of Norfolk; two sisters, Mrs. C.W. Howell and Mrs. Cifford E. Holland of 
Holland; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

   A funeral service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in Rosemont Cemetery by 
the Rev. C.L. Gatling. W.J.M. Holland and sons Funeral Home has charge.


Bessie (HOLLAND; Mrs. William B. Jr.) WELLONS, 
b. Nansemond Co., d. 23 Jul 1969, Roanoke Rapids, NC, age 65, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley, 27 Jun 1969, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 25, 1969 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-71): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 22, 1970) is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w452w2ob.txt 


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