Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Williams, Hudson D., 1981 

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HUDSON DOUGLAS WILLIAMS

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Hudson Douglas Williams, 40, will be held 
today at 3 p.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. Joseph A. Slane with 
Wright Funeral Home in charge.

   Pallbearers will be: Dan Fowler, Buddy Butler, Woody Marks, Walter Young 
Jr., A.R. Butler IV, F. Lonnie Davis, Charlie Lupton, Lonnie Henton, Barry 
Burgess, Glen Faison, John Moody and Elton Raiford.

   Williams died Tuesday in Norfolk General Hospital.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Carol Warren 
Williams.  He was owner and president of Douglas International Agricultural 
Equipment.

   He is the son of Mrs. Nell Williams Cogsdale and the late L. Lister 
Williams.

   He was a member of Franklin Presbyterian Church, Delaware Hunt Club, 
Virginia Farm Equipment Association and Ducks Unlimited.

   He attended Chowan College and the University of Richmond.

   Survivors include a daughter, Miss Nell Warren Williams; two sons, Hudson 
D. Williams Jr., and Wade Barkley Williams, all of the home; a sister Ann W. 
Speight of Columbia, S.C.; and a stepfather, Thomas Cogdale of Sedley.

   The family suggests memorial donations be made to the Franklin Presbyterian 
Church building fund.


Hudson Douglas WILLIAMS, 
owner/president of Douglas International Agricultural Equipment, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 13 Oct 1981, Norfolk, age 40, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section A, Plot 10*), Franklin, 
   15 Oct 1981, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 15, 1981, p. 12A 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 22, 1959, II-4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w452l6ob.txt 


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