Surry-Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brown, William H. Sr., 1950 

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WILLIAM HENRY BROWN 

WILLIAM H. BROWN, SR. 

  WAKEFIELD, VA. - Jan. 25 - William H. Brown, Sr., 69, died Wednesday morning 
at his home near Wakefield after a long illness.  He was a Southampton County 
farmer.  Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Bessie A. Brown; two sons, E.W. 
Brown, of Toano, and W.H. Brown, of Wakefield; three daughters, Mrs. W.N. 
Worley, of Petersburg; Mrs. J.A. Skinner, of Wakefield, and Mrs. W.R. Layne, 
of Richmond; his stepmother, Mrs. Mollie E. Brown, and a half-sister, Mrs. 
Fannie E. Atkinson, both of Wakefield.  A graveside funeral service will be 
held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Rocky Hock Cemetery, near Wakefield. 

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Graveside Services Held Thursday For W. H. Brown 

  Graveside services were held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 for William Henry 
Brown, 69, at Rocky Hock Cemetery.  He died Wednesday morning at 12:10 at his 
home near Wakefield, following a stroke suffered Tuesday afternoon.  The Rev. 
Miss Russell of Petersburg officiated, assisted by the Rev. W.L. Wood, 
Wakefield Christian minister. 

  Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Bessie Atkinson Brown; three daughters, Mrs. 
Ray Layne of Richmond, Mrs. Wilbur Worley of Petersburg and Mrs. Alvin Skinner 
of Wakefield; two sons, Elton W. of Toano and W.H. Jr. of Wakefield; one half-
sister, Miss Fanny Atkinson of Wakefield; step-mother, Mrs. Mollie Brown, of 
Wakefield and five grandchildren. 

  Active pallbearers were C.A. Freeman, M.A. Freeman, Eddie King, Roy 
Cornwell, Jack Murphy and J.B. Murphy. 


William Henry BROWN, Sr., farmer, 
b. 5 Jun 1880, Southampton Co., d. 25 Jan 1950, at home, Southampton Co., 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 57A*), Surry Co., 
   26 Jan 1950, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Thurs., Jan. 26, 1950, p. 20; 
"Sussex-Surry Dispatch" (Waverly, VA), Vol. 72, No. 4, Jan. 26, 1950, p. 1 

*Rocky Hock list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

His father, Whit Mel BROWN, & step-mother are buried in the same plot. 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 19, 1959, Sect. II, p. 4) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b650b3ob.txt 

His father's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," May 24, 1938) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b650w5ob.txt 

His step-mother's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Mar. 17, 1951, p. 22) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b650m4ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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