Southampton-Mathews County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wellons, William B., 1970 

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WILLIAM BENJAMIN WELLONS

    Sedley - A graveside funeral service for William Benjamin Wellons was 
conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Rosemont Cemetery by the Rev. C.L. Gatling. 
W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home was in charge.

   Pallbearers were Bernard Smith, Frank Hundley, Brooks Johnston, Willie L. 
Wellons, Dr. Harry A. Wellons and William B. Crichton.

   Wellons, 82, died Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. Brooks 
Johnston of Mobjack.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of William and Mrs. Susanna 
Davis Wellons and the husband of the late Mrs. Bessie Holland Wellons.

   He was a former deacon and trustee of Sedley Baptist Church.

   Besides Mrs. Johnston, he is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. Willie 
Smith of Sedley and Mrs. Martha Hundley of Nags Head, N.C.; a son, Harry A. 
Wellons of Victoria; three brothers, Jesse D. Wellons of Roanoke and Cecil L. 
Wellons and Paul T. Wellons of Sedley; eight grandchildren; and nine great-
grandchildren.


[William Benjamin WELLONS (Jr.), 
 Southampton Co. native, d. 15 Jan 1970, at daughter's home, Mobjack, age 82, 
 buried in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 18 Jan 1970, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 22, 1970] 

[*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Rosemont, S-71: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt] 

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