Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pond, Robert L. Jr., 1968 

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ROBERT LEE POND, JR. 

  Robert Lee Pond, Jr., 66, died Thursday, June 6, at a Suffolk nursing home. 
A native of Sussex County and a lifelong resident, he was the son of Robert L. 
Sr., and Jesse Council Pond.  He was a member of the Wakefield Methodist 
Church. 

  He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Wilbur R. Ellis of Waverly; Mrs. 
Horace G. Bass of Danville, and Mrs. V.W. Hines of Wakefield. 

  Funeral services were held at Purviance Funeral Chapel, Saturday, June 8, at 
three p.m.  Burial was at Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery with the Rev. 
L.P. Bland officiating. 

  Pallbearers were Robert M. Pond, John E. Williams, E.A. Hatch, R.M. Cobb, L. 
Ray Ashworth, C.R. Jones, E.S. Kitchen and Truett Garrett. 


Robert Lee POND, Jr., laborer, 
b. 25 Jul 1901, Sussex Co., d. 6 Jun 1968, Suffolk, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 36A*), Surry Co., 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

His parents are buried in the same plot. 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #23402720. 

His father's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," July 21, 1903, p. 9) & 
   a memorial are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/p530l3ob.txt 

His mother's obits ("Richmond Times-Dispatch" & "Tidewater News," July 1949) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/w300j11o.txt 

His step-father, Jeb Stuart WHITE, is buried in Wakefield Cemetery. 
   Wakefield list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His step-father's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1955) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/w300j10o.txt 

D.Cert. 68-018246 states he suffered his entire life from grand mal epilepsy, 
   and d. from a cerebral vascular accident [stroke]. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/p530r1ob.txt