Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nicholson, John B. Jr., 1973 

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JOHN BENJAMIN NICHOLSON, JR. 

J.B. NICHOLSON JR. 57, GAME WARDEN DIES AT WAKEFIELD 

  John Benjamin Nicholson Jr., 57, retired game warden, died Sunday, August 12.

  He was past president of the Virginia Game Wardens Assn., past president of 
the Waverly Rotary Club and past master of Wakefield Masonic Lodge No. 198. 
He was the founder of Little League baseball in Wakefield and a steward of 
Wakefield United Methodist Church.  He attended the College William and Mary.

  A lifelong resident of Wakefield, he was the son of John B. and Charlotte 
Owen Nicholson.

  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Jennie Barrett Spratley Nicholson; two sons, 
John B. Nicholson III of Wakefield and William S. Nicholson of Richmond, and 
a brother, Thomas Owen Nicholson of Atlanta.

  The funeral was conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, at Purviance Funeral 
Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. R.L. Consolvo and Dr. George S. Reamey.  Burial 
was in Wakefield Cemetery.

  Pallbearers were Russ Magee, Dr. E.C. Nettles, Charlie Kitchen, Aubrey 
Whitmore, Carlton Holladay, W.H. Brown Jr., J.N. Savedge and Cephas Brittle.


John Benjamin NICHOLSON, Jr., of Wakefield, retired game warden, 
b. 19 Mar 1916, Sussex Co., suicide 12 Aug 1973, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 14 Aug 1973, 
Purviance Funeral Home obit 

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

His widow's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Jan. 10, 2009, p. B-6) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/n242j3ob.txt 

His father's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," July 22, 1955, p. 26) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/n242j5ob.txt 


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