Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hargrave, William P., 1977 

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WILLIE PAYTON HARGRAVE 

W.P. HARGRAVE 

  WAKEFIELD - Willie Peyton [sic; Payton] Hargrave, 96, of Wakefield, died 
Friday in a Franklin hospital. 

  Mr. Hargrave, a retired farmer, was a life-long resident of Surry County 
and a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church. 

  Survivors include seven daughters, Mrs. Ruby Pate of Wilson, N.C, Mrs. 
Annie Fuller of Newport News, Mrs. Mattie Huber of Wakefield, Mrs. Edith 
Uzzell of Windsor, Mrs. Wilma Holland of Zuni, Mrs. Pauline Mills of 
Clarksville, and Mrs. Hylah Clark of Ivor; three sons, R. Jennings Hargrave, 
Earl W. Hargrave and Jesse W. Hargrave, all of Wakefield; a brother, Floyd 
Hargrave of Colonial Heights; 22 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral will be conducted in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, by the 
Rev. J.A. Duncan and the Rev. L.P. Bland. 

  Burial will be in Rocky Hock Cemetery. 

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WILLIE PAYTON HARGRAVE 

  SURRY - Willie Peyton [sic; Payton] Hargrave, 96, died April 8 at a Franklin 
hospital.  He was a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church. 

  A lifelong resident of Surry, he was a farmer by occupation. 

  He is survived by seven daughters, Mrs. Ruby Pate of Wilson, N.C.; Mrs. 
Annie Fuller of Newport News; Mrs. Mattie Huber of Wakefield; [Mrs. Edith 
Uzzell of Windsor;] Mrs. Wilma Holland of Zuni; Mrs. Pauline Mills of 
Clarksville; and Mrs. Hylah Clark of Ivor.  Three sons, R. Jenning Hargrave of 
Wakefield; Earl W. Hargrave of Wakefield; and Jessie W. Hargrave of Wakefield. 
Twenty-two grandchildren; twenty-eight great grandchildren; one brother, Floyd 
Hargrave of Colonial Heights. 

   A funeral service was held at Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield April 10 
at 3 p.m.  Burial was at the Rocky Hock Cemetery with the Rev. J.A Duncan and 
Rev. L.P. Bland officiating. 


"Willie" William Payton HARGRAVE, retired farmer, 
b. 17 Mar 1881, Surry Co., d. 8 Apr 1977, Franklin, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 75*), Surry Co., 
   10 Apr 1977, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Apr. 10, 1977, p. 4; 
donated obit, publication unknown 

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

His mother is buried in the same plot. 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137096480. 

His wife's (donated, 1964) obits are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/h626m4ob.txt 

The obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Oct. 5, 1927, p. 8) of his mother, 
   "Mattie" Martha Ann (HOLLEMAN; Mrs. James Samuel) HARGRAVE, 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/h626m6ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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