Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Faison, John R., 1940 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOHN ROBERT FAISON HOPEWELL - Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the residence in Dendron for John Robert Faison, 59, who died Monday at Petersburg. The Rev. A.W.H. Jones officiated and burial was in Rocky Hock Church cemetery. Mr. Faison is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Curtis Clark and Miss Lois Faison of Dendron; two sons, Walkley Faison of Dendron and Lawrence Faison of Petersburg; a sister, Mrs. Jodie S. Hobson of Hopewell; a brother, E.G. Faison of Waverly, and a brother, E.G. Faison of Waverly, and one grandchild, Joan Hale Clark. John Robert FAISON, of Dendron, planer, b. 30 Aug 1882, Surry Co., d. 6 May 1940, Petersburg, interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 55*), 7 May 1940, "Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," May 8, 1940, p. 7 *Rocky Hock list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #23403546. His widow's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Jan. 6, 1932, p. 5) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/f250g1ob.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/surry/obits/f250j3ob.txt