Sussex-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cannon, Wilson P., 1939 

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WILSON PURNELL CANNON 

W.P. CANNON 

  W.P. Cannon of Suffolk, freight agent for the Norfolk & Western Railway 
Company, died at 8 a.m. Tuesday at his home.  Funeral services will be held 
at 2 p.m. Thursday at Suffolk Christian Church.  Burial will be at Wakefield. 
Mr. Cannon is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary S. Cannon; two sons, Jesse 
Cannon of Roanoke and Linwood Cannon of Farmville, and three brothers and a 
sister.


Wilson Purnell CANNON, N&W R.R. freight agent, 
b. 3 Feb 1886, Wakefield, d. 14 Feb 1939, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 16 Feb 1939, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Feb. 15, 1939, p. 10 

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

Find a Grave Mem. #124273540 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 3426 (Suffolk #47). 

His first wife, "Lou" Louetta (SPIVEY) CANNON (1877-1920), is buried with 
   her parents in a SPIVEY family cemetery, Cash's Corner, Sussex Co. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #124273540) 

Her obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 24, 1920) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c550l1ob.txt 

The body of his widow (1896-1981), was donated to the State Anatomical 
   Program. 


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