Sussex-Brunswick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Epperson, James E. Jr., 2007 

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JAMES EMMETTE EPPERSON, JR. 

  WAKEFIELD - James Emmette Epperson, Jr., 80, Wakefield, husband of the Nell 
Horton Epperson, passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2007.

  Born Dec. 31, 1926, in Lawrenceville, Va., he was the son of the late James 
E. Epperson Sr. and Maggie Hall Epperson.

  Jim owned and operated Horton Furniture Company in Wakefield from 1963 until 
1982, and was manager of Weeks Market in Purdy for several years.  He served 
in the Merchants Marines during World War II; was a former member and past 
Master of the Wakefield Masonic Lodge #198 A.F. & A.M.; and was Worthy Patron 
of the Order of the Easter Star in Waverly.  He was a former member of the 
Wakefield Ruritan Club and was an active member of the Wakefield United 
Methodist Church, where he taught Sunday school for many years.

  He is survived by two sons, Col. Robert Horton Epperson, U.S. Army, retired, 
of Poquoson, and James E. Epperson III and wife, Christine, of Ivor; three 
daughters, Anne Epperson Monahan and husband, Monty, of Wakefield, Mary 
Epperson Grinstead and husband, Robert, of Waverly and Susan Hall Epperson of 
Claremont; a sister, Marjorie E. New and husband, David, of Florida; six 
grandchildren; and cousin, Ray Henley Epperson and wife, Ruth of Alberta.

  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 23, in the Purviance 
Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Homes, Wakefield, with the Rev. G.C. 
Branton III officiating.  Interment will follow in the Wakefield Cemetery. 
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

  Memorial donations may be made to the Wakefield United Methodist Church, 
P.O. Box 87, Wakefield, VA 23888, or to the American Cancer Society, 
Petersburg Unit, 1117 Fort Hayes Drive, Petersburg, VA 23805.


James Emmette EPPERSON, Jr., retired businessman, Navy veteran of WW-II, 
b. 31 Dec 1926, Lawrenceville, d. 18 Apr 2007, Franklin, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 23 Apr 2007, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Apr. 20, 2007, p. B-6 

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

His parents are buried in Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, 
   Brunswick Co. 


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