Surry-Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Williams, Butts B., 1947 

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BUTTS BIRDSONG WILLIAMS 

B.B. WILLIAMS, 66, DIES SUDDENLY IN SURRY COUNTY 

  Butts Birdsong Williams, 66, died unexpectedly Thursday at 4 p.m. at his 
home at Bacons Castle.

  Williams was engaged in the lumber business in Surry County.  He was a 
native of Southampton County but had lived in Surry for four years.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marie Simmons Williams; a daughter, Miss 
Ethel Mae Williams, of Quantico; two sons, B.B. Williams, Jr., and Wally 
Williams both of Bacons Castle; a brother R.E. Williams, of Littleton, Va.; 
a half-sister, Mrs. Lucius Hobbs, of Emporia.

  The body was taken to the Bullock Funeral Home, Smithfield, where services 
were held in the chapel at 2:30 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. O.L. Gilliam, 
assisted by the Rev. J.E. Colson.

  Burial was in Waverly.

  Pallbearers, all nephews of the deceased were Frederick Williams, John 
Williams, Dick Williams, Franklin Williams, William Williams and Robert 
Simmons.


Butts Birdsong WILLIAMS, logging foreman, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 16 Oct 1947, at home, Bacons Castle, age 66, 
interred in Waverly Cemetery*, 18 Oct 1947, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 30, No. 20, Oct. 22, 1947 

He & his wife share a gravestone.  A photo of it, and his D.Cert., are 
   included with his Find a Grave Memorial, #176807672. 


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