Surry-Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Presson, J. Henley, 1945 

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JOEL HENLEY PRESSON 

J.H. PRESSON DIES AT HOME IN SURRY 

  WAKEFIELD - May 14, Joel Henley Presson, prominent farmer and businessman of 
Surry County, died Monday morning at his home near Wakefield.  Mr. Presson 
served on the county board of supervisors for nearly 20 years.

  At one time he was a member of the board of directors of the Bank of Dendron 
and vice-president of the Bank of Wakefield.  He was for a long time a member 
of the Democratic County Committee, of which he was chairman for eight years.

  Mr. Presson was a member of Rocky Hock Methodist Church.  He is survived by 
his wife, Mrs. Irene Harris Presson; one son, Corporal Arthur Lee Presson, 
overseas; three daughters, Mrs. J.B. Darden, Jr., Norfolk; Mrs. E.T. Swink, 
Blacksburg, and Mrs. T. Lee Richardson, Norton, and one sister, Mrs. W.H. 
Joyner, Courtland, Va.

  Funeral services will be conducted at the residence by the Rev. W.G. Bates 
Tuesday at 4 p.m., with interment in Rocky Hock Cemetery.


Joel Henley PRESSON, of Surry Co., farmer & businessman, 
b. 17 Sep 1874, Southampton Co., d. 14 May 1945, at home, near Wakefield, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery*, Surry Co., 15 May 1945, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," May 15, 1945, p. 17 

*The church is in Surry Co., between Dendron and Wakefield, 
   although its postal address is Wakefield - which is in Sussex Co. 
   His brother Luther J. PRESSON, Mayor of Dendron, is also buried there. 
   See the Rocky Hock UMC website: http://www.rockyhockumc.org/ 

Find a Grave Mem. #137184569 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. #11435 (Sussex; Wakefield #6), which gives 
   sn/o Joel H. Presson & Lucy Ann Holloman, all b. Southampton Co. 
 
Luther's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Apr. 6, 1939, p. 12) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p625l2ob.txt 


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