Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Peebles, Winifred A. Morris, 2009 

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WINIFRED ALVYN "BILLIE" MORRIS PEEBLES 

  WAKEFIELD - Winifred "Billie" Morris Peebles, 93, widow of William Benjamin 
Peebles died Friday, March 20, 2009.  Graveside service at 2 p.m. Monday, 
March 23, at Wakefield Cemetery.  Arrangements by Purviance Chapel, J.T. 
Morriss & Son Funeral Home, Wakefield.

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WINFRED "BILLIE" MORRIS PEEBLES 

  PEEBLES, Winifred Morris, "Billie," 93, a former resident of Wakefield, died 
on March 20, 2009, at Lakewood Manor, where she had lived for the past 13 
years.  She was born in Wakefield on August 27, 1915 and was the daughter of 
the late Madeline and Wilbur Alvyn Morris.  She was preceded in death by her 
husband, William Benjamin Peebles; and her sister, Ann Morris Richardson.  She 
is survived by three children, Madeline Peebles Brown and her husband, Rodney, 
Patricia Peebles Thaxton and her husband, H.C., all of Richmond, and Robert 
Alvyn Peebles and his wife, Mary Jane, of Louisville, Ky.; three 
grandchildren, Mark Peebles Brown and his wife, Guen of Mercer Island, Wash., 
Chandler Thaxton Klevana and her husband, Leighton, of Richmond and William 
Eppes Thaxton of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and four great-grandchildren, Elizabeth and 
Leighton Klevana, and Stuart and Jack Brown.  She is also survived by two 
stepsisters, Jean Morris Forster and Sandra Morris Taylor.  Billie graduated 
from Wakefield High School and attended Radford College (now Radford 
University).  She was life-long member of the Wakefield United Methodist 
Church, where she taught Sunday school and sang in the choir for many years. 
She was a former member and past president of the Wakefield Woman's Club.  She 
was a member of the Thomas Rolfe Branch, APVA, the Daughters of the American 
Revolution, the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Mayflower Society.  A 
graveside service will be held in the Wakefield Cemetery on Monday, March 23, 
2009 at 2 p.m.  There will be a memorial service at Lakewood Manor on Tuesday, 
March 24, 2009 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the 
Wakefield United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 87, Wakefield, Va. 23888, or to 
the Wakefield Foundation, P.O. Box 8, Wakefield, VA. 23888.  The family would 
like to give a special thanks to the nursing staff at Lakewood Manor (3rd 
floor Healthcare) for their loving care.


Winifred Alwyn "Billie" (MORRIS; Mrs. William Benjamin) PEEBLES, 
b. 27 Aug 1915, Wakefield, d. 20 Mar 2009, Richmond, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 23 Mar 2009, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Mar. 22, 2009, A-14; 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, Mar. 23, 2009 

*Her parents, Wilber Alvin & Madeline (FREDENBURG) MORRIS, & step-mother, 
   "Lib" (WINGO) MORRIS, 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 

Her step-mother's obits ("Tidewater News," Mar. 22, 1982, p. 7, & 
   Purviance Funeral Home), with extension research appended, are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/l520m1ob.txt 


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