Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Williams, Lina Gray, 1972 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LINA GRAY WILLIAMS BOYKINS - Funeral services for Mrs. Lina Gray Williams, 79, who died Thursday afternoon in an Edenton, N.C. hospital, was conducted Saturday morning at the graveside in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, at 11 with the Rev. James T. Campbell pastor of the Boykins Baptist Church officiating, assisted by the Rev. George Broome, pastor of the Central [...; sentence not finished] Mrs. Williams was a native of Southampton County, and was the widow of Aubrey M. Williams. She was a daughter of Richard D. and Mrs. Sarah Sanford Gray. She was a member of the Boykins Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter Mrs. Mildred W. Jordan of Tyner, N.C.; a son, A. Melton Williams of Richmond; a sister Miss Cora Leigh Williams of Boykins; three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren. The family requested that in lieu of flowers expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Boykins Volunteer Rescue Squad. McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins, was in charge of arrangements. Lina (GRAY; Mrs. Aubrey M.) WILLIAMS, Southampton Co. native, d. 28 Sep 1972, Edenton, NC, age 79, interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 215*), Boykins, 30 Sep 1972, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 5, 1972, A-4 *Her parents and in-laws are also buried there (BE-ANX1B-5 & BE-ANX1A-9). Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Beechwood list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w452l5ob.txt