Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Councill, M. Lyda Wood, 1981 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MARY LYDA WOOD COUNCILL SUFFOLK - A funeral service for Mrs. Lyda Wood Councill, 84, was held Monday at 3 p.m. in Wright Funeral Home by the Revs. Ira D. Hudgins and R.E. Brittle. Burial was in Holland Cemetery. Mrs. Councill died Saturday in Southampton Memorial Hospital. A native of Nansemond County, she was the widow of Jesse E. Councill. She was a member of Holland Congregational Christian Church. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Nell Joyner of Franklin; a son, Shirley G. Councill; and two sisters, Mrs. Jobie N. Holland and Mrs. J.M. Fanney Sr., all of Suffolk; a granddaughter; and a great-granddaughter. Mary Lyda (WOOD; Mrs. Jesse E.) COUNCILL, Nansemond Co. native, d. 12 Sep 1981, Franklin, age 84, interred in Holland Cemetery*, 14 Sep 1981, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 17, 1981, p. 6A *Holland list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.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/suffolk/obits/c524l1ob.txt