Surry-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wilson, William P., 1941 

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WILLIAM PEGRAM WILSON 

  William Pegram Wilson, prominent business man and churchman of Isle of Wight 
County, died at his residence, "The Maples", at Rushmere Sunday night.

  William Wilson, the son of Martha Pegram and William Ricks Wilson, was born 
in Surry County, January 20, 1860.

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary George Stott Wilson, and the 
following children: Mrs. Joe Lawton, of Detroit, Mich.; W.W. Wilson, of 
Rushmere; Mrs. Whiting Faulkener, of Richmond; James Wilson of Atlanta, Ga.; 
Albert Seward Wilson, of Charlotte, N.C.; Mary Pegram Wilson, of Rushmere, and 
the following grandchildren; Virginia, Joe, Jane and Martha Lawton, Charles 
and Virginia Faulkener; James Ricks Wilson, Jr., and Frances Wilson; one 
sister, Mrs. R.E. Boykin, of San Antonio, Texas.

  Prominent in church work for several decades, he had been deacon, clerk and 
superintendent of the Sunday school at Bacons Castle Baptist Church for 52 
years.

  Funeral services were conducted from the residence Tuesday at 3 p.m. and 
burial was in Lawnes Creek Parish Cemetery.  The Rev. Mr. Cales, of Bacons 
Castle conducted the services, assisted by the Rev. L.F. Paulette of 
Smithfield.


William Pegram WILSON, businessman & churchman, 
b. 20 Jan 1860, Surry Co., d. 9 Mar 1941, at home, "The Maples," Rushmere, 
interred in Old Brick Church Cemetery*, Bacons Castle, 11 Mar 1941, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 21, No. 50, Mar. 13, 1941 

*Find a Grave has it listed as Lower Surry Cemetery; they also give 
   Old Brick Church Cemetery, separately; both refer to the same site, 
   where the Lawns Creek Parish Church stood, just outside Bacons Castle. 
   His 2 gravestones are pictured with separate Memorials, #20751946 & 
   #20752073.  Buried with 1st wife, Virginia (WARREN) WILSON {1861-1898}. 


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