Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nicholson, John B. Sr., 1955 

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JOHN BENJAMIN NICHOLSON, SR. 

J.B. NICHOLSON, SR. DIED THURSDAY AT WAKEFIELD HOME 

  John Benjamin Nicholson, Sr., age 71, died at his home in Wakefield early 
Thursday morning, July 21, after a lengthy illness.

  The son of the late Thomas F. and Mary Drew Nicholson, he was born at the 
old Nicholson home near Wakefield where he lived until moving into Wakefield 
a few years ago.

  He was a graduated of the Medical College of Virginia from the School of 
Pharmacy.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Charlotte Owen Nicholson; two sons, John 
Benjamin Nicholson, Jr., of Wakefield, and Thomas Owen Nicholson, of Richmond, 
and four grandsons.

  A funeral service will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the 
Purviance Funeral Chapel.  Burial will be in the Wakefield Cemetery.

  Pallbearers will be J.N Barker, W.B. Peebles, Emmett Richardson, Sr., 
Garland Spratley, P.J. Holmes, G.L. Munford and J.E. Bain. 


John Benjamin NICHOLSON, Sr., of Wakefield, retired farmer, 
b. 21 Jun 1884, Wakefield, d. 21 Jul 1955, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 23 Jul 1955, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," July 22, 1955, p. 26 

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

His father (10 Apr 1850 - 16 Jun 1923) was buried by family at cemetery, 
   Wakefield; no undertaker.  (D.Cert. 16775 {Wakefield #16}) 

The family appeared in the 1910 Census - Wakefield Dist., Sussex Co. - 
   appeared on a farm on Barn Tavern Rd. 

The family appeared in the 1920 Census - Wakefield Dist., Sussex Co. - 
   appeared on a farm on Burton's Church Rd., Thomas by then being widowed. 


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