Southampton-Hanover County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Williams, Harry A. Jr., 1958 

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HARRY ALLEN WILLIAMS, JR.

   Funeral services for Harry Allen Williams, Jr., 70, of Ashland were 
conducted at the graveside in Poplar Spring Cemetery on Sunday afternoon at 
2 o’clock by Rev. James B. Douglas, pastor of High Street Methodist Church.

   Mr. Williams was the son of the late Henry Allen Williams and Martha Beale 
Williams.  He was born in Franklin in 1888*.

   He attended Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, and graduated from Washington 
and Lee University, Lexington.  He was in the real estate business for several 
years in Norfolk and in Florida.  Since his retirement he had made his home in 
Ashland, where he died on Friday, April 4.

   Mr. Williams was twice married.  His first wife was Marthena Harrison, 
granddaughter of President Benjamin Harrison, who was born in the White House. 
Of this union there were three daughters, two of whom survive.  His second 
wife was Miss Katherine Pettus of Portsmouth.

   He was widely connected with the Williams and Beale families of Southampton 
and Nansemond counties.  First cousins now residing in Franklin include M. 
Wharton Williams, Miss Gertrude Williams, Mrs. R.J. Tucker, Mrs. Everett 
Bryant, Miss Dolly Williams, Miss Helen I. Lawrence, Mrs. Liluer B. Nixon and 
J.C. Williams, Jr.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Katherine Pettus Williams of Virginia Beach; 
two daughters, Mrs. John L. Devine of Minot, S. Dak., and Mrs. Gilliam Ellisor 
of Bethesda, Md.; five grandchildren; and two sister, Mr. R.G.P. Bugg of 
Norfolk and Mrs. Roland A. Williams of Scottsburg.


"Harry" Henry Allen WILLIAMS, Jr., retired real-estate businessman, 
b. 12 Oct 1889, Franklin, d. 4 Apr 1958, at home, Ashland, age 70, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 42**), Franklin, 
   6 Apr 1958, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 15, 1956, Section II, p. 7 

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

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," July 2, 1948, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w452h4ob.txt 

His mother'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 parents m. 22 Nov 1888 (So.Co. MB6:382). 
   1900 Census (Franklin town- e.d. 60, p. 13B) gives b. Oct 1889. 


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