Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Williams, Henry A., 1948 

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HENRY AARON WILLIAMS

   Funeral services for Henry Aaron Williams, a native of Franklin but for the 
past forty-five years a resident of Norfolk, were conducted Sunday afternoon 
at 2:30 o’clock at the grave in Poplar Spring Cemetery by a reader from the 
First Church, Christian Science, Norfolk, of which Mr. Williams was a member.

   Mr. Williams died at 5:20 o’clock on Thursday afternoon, June 27, after an 
illness of one month.  At the time of his death he was 87 years of age.

   He was the son of the late John and Mrs. Eliza Camp Williams of Franklin. 
For a number of years he was a merchant in Franklin, but moved to Norfolk in 
1903.  Since then he had engaged in the real estate business in Norfolk, his 
last association being under the name of Williams and Guy.  He retired three 
year ago.

   He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. R.G.P. Bugg of Norfolk and Mrs. 
Roland A. Williams of Curundu, Canal Zone; one son, H.A. Williams, Jr., of 
Miami Beach, Fla.; one brother, John A. Williams of Franklin; and four 
grandchildren.  He was the brother of the late W.G. Williams and the late J.C. 
Williams of Franklin.

   Pallbearers were R.J. Tucker, M. Wharton Williams, James I. Beale, Wesley 
H. Beale and J.C. Williams, Jr., of Franklin, Ernest and Eugene Williams of 
Murfreesboro, N.C. and Frank C. Williams of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.


Henry Allen WILLIAMS (Sr.), of Norfolk, retired businessman, 
Franklin native, d. 24 Jun 1948, age 87, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 42*), Franklin, 
   22 Jun 1948, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 2, 1948, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His first wife's obit ("Tidewater News," May 10, 1918, p. 1), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w452m1ob.txt 

His second wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 11, 1944) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w452f1ob.txt 


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