Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Williams, Luther T., 1970 

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LUTHER THOMAS WILLIAMS 

  Luther Thomas Williams, 86, died Thursday, May 21, at a Suffolk Nursing Home 
after a brief illness.  A lifelong resident of Surry County, he was the son of 
Mr. William H. and Mrs. Virginia L. Andrews Williams.  He was the husband of 
the late Mrs. Bertha Holdsworth Williams.

  Mr. Williams was a senior deacon of the Dendron Christing Church and served 
as secretary of the Sunday school for over 40 years.  He was also a former 
employee of the Surry Lumber Company and a retired merchant.

  His survivors include one son L. Thurman Williams, Dendron; one sister, Mrs. 
Mary W. Hockaday, Fredericksburg, Texas, and several nieces and nephews.

  Funeral services were held Saturday, May 23, at 2:30 p.m. in Purviance 
Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, with the Rev. H.E. Crutchfield and the Rev. James 
W. Madren officiating.

  Serving as pallbearers were J. Harvey Price, William H. Brice, Garland 
Spratley, Stanley Cooper, J.B. Johnson, Jack Pittman, M.B. Joyner and Garland 
Morris.

  In lieu of flowers, the family requested that donations be made to the Surry 
Rescue Squad.


Luther Thomas WILLIAMS, retired merchant, 
b. 6 Sep 1883*, d. 21 May 1970, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery**, 23 May 1970, 
Purviance Funeral Home obit 

**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 father remarried circa 1894 to Bertie L.  (1900 Census - Newport News) 

His father-in-law, William A. HOLDSWORTH, was a Confederate veteran, having 
   served in the Surry Light Artillery.  Find a Grave Mem. #103270240 lists 
   him in Oakwood Cemetery, Surry, without attribution. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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