Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wellons, Floyd W., 1950 

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FLOYD WOOD WELLONS

   Floyd Wood Wellons, 65, a well-known merchant and resident of Franklin, 
died suddenly early Tuesday morning, May 16, at his home on Chestnut Street 
after suffering a heart attack.

   Mr. Wellons was the husband of Mrs. Pearl Spivey Wellons, who survives him 
and the son of the late Peter P. and Ada Anderson Wellons of this county.  He 
was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church and its Bruner Bible class.  Mr. 
Wellons came to Franklin in 1913 and engaged in the grocery business until he 
entered the U.S. Navy in World War I.

   In addition to his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. Alton Vick 
and Miss Virginia Dare Wellons, both of Franklin, and one son, Floyd W. 
Wellons, Jr., also of Franklin; four grandchildren; and one brother, R.L. 
Wellons of Franklin.

   Funeral services were held at 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Franklin 
Baptist Church, with Revs. Randolph Gregory and R.D. Stephenson officiating. 
Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Floyd Wood WELLONS (Sr.), merchant, Navy veteran of WW-I, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 16 May 1950, at home, Franklin, age 65, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 236*), Franklin, 
   18 May 1950, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 19, 1950, p. 4 

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

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 5, 1987, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w452p1ob.txt 


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