Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Williams, Hon. Junius W., 1913 

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JUNIUS WASHINGTON WILLIAMS

DEATH OF HON. J.W. WILLIAMS

   Hon. Junius W. Williams died at his home in Courtland, Va., Monday, 
February 24th, 1913.

   He was born in the county seat of Southampton in February, 1848 and was 
the youngest child of Spratley and Susan F. Williams.

   He was married first to Miss Mary Elizabeth Edwards, who died in 1907, 
and the second time to Miss Addie D. Sledge of Nansemond County.  He leaves 
surviving him a widow, Addie D. Williams, and five children by his first 
marriage, Mrs. W.T. McLemore, Mrs. Bessie M. Wills, Mrs. H.B. McLemore, Mrs. 
E.F. Westbrook and Miss Clare Williams, all of Courtland, and one child by 
the last marriage, Juanita Williams.  He was the brother of Mrs. M.E. Story, 
of Franklin, and an uncle of Dr. F.E. Williams, of Charlottesville, Va., 
Commonwealth’s Attorney E. Frank Story, Mrs. Ashley P. Cutchin and Miss Susie 
Story, of Franklin.
 
   He had been identified with the public life of his county and state from 
early manhood.  He was elected sheriff of Southampton county April 15, 1889, 
and served until March 16, 1903, when he resigned to accept the position of 
bailiff to the State Corporation Commission, which he held until 1907, when 
he resigned to become a candidate for the House of Delegates from Southampton 
county, to which position he was elected and succeeded himself for the session 
at 1909.  He took a prominent part in the legislature and was the author of 
the bill permitting the voters of Franklin magisterial district to vote on the 
dispensary question which later led to the abolition of the dispensary.  He 
was the only member of the House of Delegates from Southampton county to serve 
for two successive terms.  It was during his last term in the in the 
legislature that he was stricken with paralysis, which finally resulted in his 
death.
 
   He was never elected to any public office without opposition, but was never 
defeated in political affairs of any man in his county.
 
   He was a member of the Courtland M.E. church, of Courtland Lodge, No. 85, 
A.F. & A.M., and of Franklin Lodge, No. 51, Knights of Pythias.
 
   The funeral service was held from his home Tuesday, February 25, at 2 
o’clock, conducted by Rev. H.P. Myers, pastor of the Courtland Methodist 
Church.


Hon. Junius W. WILLIAMS, former Southampton Sheriff & Delegate, 
b. 24 Feb 1848, Southampton Co., d. 24 Feb 1913, at home, Courtland, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 19*), Courtland, 
   25 Feb 1913, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 28, 1913. 

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

An abstract of his death certificate (#4750) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/w452j1dc.txt 

His first wife's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Apr. 26, 1907, p. 4) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w452m12o.txt 

His widow 2m. Gilbert R. BAKER (before 1920 Census).  They are buried in 
   Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk - NE Center, Row 1, Block 27, #55/57. 
   (Find A Grave Mem. #13981738) 


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