Surry-Sussex-Prince George County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Williams, Charles S., 1961 

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CHARLES SHIRLEY WILLIAMS 

BRIEF ILLNESS FATAL TO C.S. WILLIAMS 

  Charles Shirley Williams, 80, a Dendron merchant for 60 years, died in the 
home of his sister Mrs. Odie W. Blanchard in Portsmouth, Friday, June 23 at 
noon after a brief illness.

  A native of Prince George County, he had made his home in Elberon, Surry 
County, for 60 years.  He retired in January.  He was a son of Charles and 
Mary Elizabeth Vaughan Williams, a member of Dendron Methodist Church and 
Jefferson Masonic Lodge No. 65 of Surry.

  Besides his sister, he is survived by a brother, B.C. Williams of Prince 
George, and seventeen nieces and nephews.

  A funeral service was held at Purviance Funeral Chapel Sunday, June 25 at 
2:30 p.m. with Rev. E.R. Alexie, pastor of Surry Methodist Church, 
officiating.  Burial was in Wakefield Cemetery.

  Masonic rites were held at the grave by Jefferson Masonic Lodge No. 65 A.F. 
& A.M. with W.M. Ernest, W. Goodrich, presiding.

  Pallbearers were his nephews; C.T. Simmons, H.F. Simmons, G.W. Simmons, J.W. 
Simmons, B.R. Simmons and H.W. Blanchard.


Charles Shirley WILLIAMS, of Elberon, retired Dendron merchant, 
b. 19 Oct 1880, Prince George Co.*, 
d. 23 Jun 1961, at sister's home, Portsmouth, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery**, 25 Jun 1961, 
"Sussex-Surry Dispatch" (Wakefield, VA), June 29, 1961 

**Wakefield list, an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

*His m.rec. gives b. Chesterfield Co.  His WW-II draft card gives b. 
   Petersburg. 

His parents & step-mother are buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #61116436 &c.) 

His father 2m. 27 Feb 1907 Alpha Anna (TATUM; wid/o Charles T.) VELLINES, 
   in Richmond. 


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