Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pond, Robert L. Jr., 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ 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., b. 25 Jul 1901, Sussex Co., d. 6 Jun 1968, Suffolk, interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery*, "Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," July 21, 1903, p. 9, col. 6 *Find a Grave Mem. #23402720. His parents are also buried there. His mother 2m. Jeb Stuart WHITE. He is buried in Wakefield Cemetery. Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 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