Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pond, Walter M., 1950 

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WALTER MOYLER POND 

Wakefield Farmer Dies of Injuries 

  William Pond, 45, Wakefield farmer died this morning at 11:45 at Lakeview 
Hospital of injuries received yesterday when his arm was caught in a peanut 
picker and broken in several places. 

  The injured man was admitted to the hospital at 8:30 o'clock yesterday 
afternoon. 

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WALTER POND FATALLY INJURED IN PEANUT PICKER ACCIDENT 

  Funeral services for Walter M. Pond, 48, well-known farmer of Surry County, 
who died at Lakeview Hospital, Suffolk, Wednesday morning at 11:45, will be 
conducted at "Oakview" the family home near Wakefield on Friday, Nov. 17 at 
3:00 p.m. Rev. J.L. Blankenship, Jr., will officiate.  Interment will be in 
Rocky Hock Cemetery.

  Mr. Pond died of injuries received Tuesday afternoon when he was caught in 
a peanut picker operating on his farm.  It is thought that he was attempting 
to oil or adjust the picker near the main driving pulley when his sleeve was 
caught and he was flailed against the machine.

  Helpers, hearing his yells, shut off the power and extricated him. 
Unconscious from a fractured skull and with an arm broken in two places, he 
was carried to the house in a small truck and then rushed to the hospital.  He 
never regained full consciousness.  Death was attributed to a fractured skull.

  He was the son of the late Walter Jackson Pond and Sallie Q. Moyler and a 
lifelong resident of Surry County.  He had served as steward in the Rocky Hock 
Methodist Church and as treasurer of the Sunday school for many years.  He was 
Charter member of the Wakefield Ruritan Club and a director of the Bank of 
Sussex and Surry.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Harris Pond; two foster sons, Steve 
and Raymond Pond; two sisters, Mrs. George L. Munford of Wakefield and Miss 
Dorothy M. Pond of Petersburg; one brother, Robert M. Pond of Wakefield; one 
niece, Miss Anne Moyler Munford, and one nephew, Robert Moyler Pond Jr.

  Active pallbearers will be O.L. Holt, A.L. Presson, B.E. Cowling, Sr., H.E. 
Drewry, Morris Ellis, Sol I. Jenkins, Cordie Andrews, Stanley Cooper, Garland 
Goodrich and E.W. Goodrich.

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Walter M. Pond, 48, Died Nov. 15th In Suffolk Hospital 

  Funeral services for Walter M. Pond, 48, well-known farmer of Surry County, 
who died at Lakeview Hospital November 15, were conducted at Oak View, the 
family home, Friday, at 3 P.M. 

  Mr. Pond died of injuries received Tuesday afternoon, November 14th when he 
was caught in a peanut picker operating on his farm.  It is thought that he 
was attempting to oil or adjust the picker near the main driving pulley when 
his sleeve was caught and he was flailed against the machine. 

  Burial was in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery. 

  He was the son of the late Walter J. and Sallie Q. Moyler Pond, and was a 
steward, in Rocky Hock Church and treasurer of the Sunday School for a great 
many years.  Mr. Pond was a charter member of Wakefield Ruritan Club and a 
director of the Bank of Sussex and Surry. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Harris Pond; two foster-sons, Steve 
Pond and Raymond Pond; two sisters. Mrs. George L. Mumford [sic; Munford] of 
Wakefield, and Miss Dorothy M. Pond of Petersburg; a brother, Robert M. Pond, 
of Wakefield; a niece, Anne Boyler Mumford [sic; Moyler Munford], and a 
nephew, Robert M. Pond Jr.; both of Wakefield. 

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THE HISTORY OF OUR (ROCKY HOCK) CHURCH PEWS: 
   "IN MEMORY OF WALTER MOYLER POND" 

  Walter M. Pond was born on Oak View Farm in 1900, and was a lifelong 
resident of Surry County.  He began attending Rocky Hock Church with his 
brother and two sisters as a small child and was a longtime member until his 
untimely death in 1950 due to a farming accident.  At the time of his death, 
he was treasurer of the Parsonage Committee, a Trustee of the Parsonage, a 
Trustee of the Church, a member of the Finance Committee, a member of the 
Board of Stewards and was treasurer of the Sunday school for 20 years.  He was 
a charter member of the Wakefield Ruritan Club and a director of the Bank of 
Sussex and Surry. 

  Walter married Grace Harris in 1939 and moved her to Oak View Farm where she 
lived for the remainder of her years until her death in 1989.  The church pew 
at Rocky Hock was given by his loving wife, Grace H. Pond, in the name of 
their children, Steven R. and Raymond M. Pond, as noted in the November 21, 
1954, Dedication Bulletin. 

  Both Walter and Grace lived the Christian family of Rocky Hock Church, and 
Rocky Hock was a major part of their lives for many years. Reverend J.L. 
Blankenship, Jr. conducted Walter's funeral at Oak View Farm, the family home. 
Walter and Grace are both buried in Rocky Hock Cemetery. 


Walter Moyler POND, farmer & bank director, 
b. 31 Jan 1902, Richmond, 
crushed in peanut picker, 14 Nov 1950, d. 15 Nov 1950, Suffolk, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 50*), 17 Nov 1950, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 27, No. 192, Wed., Nov. 15, 1950, p. 1; 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 33, No. 26, Nov. 22, 1950, p. 5, col. 5; 
Rocky Hock Church pew history 

An obit also appeared in the "Richmond Times-Dispatch," Nov. 16, 1950. 

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

His parents are buried in the same plot. 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #136980757. 

D.Cert. 25156 (Suffolk #323) 

His widow's obits ("Daily Press," Mar. 16, 1984, p. 50, & donated & 
   Purviance Funeral Home) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/p530g2ob.txt 

They m. 2 Sep 1939 in Richmond.  (M.Cert. 26299 {copy}) 

His mother's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," 28 Jul 1939) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/p530s1ob.txt 

His father's obits ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Aug. 15, 1946, p. 12, & 
   donated) & a memorial to the couple is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/p530w4ob.txt 


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