Sussex-Surry-Dinwiddie County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pursell, William H., 1950 

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WILLIAM HENRY PURSELL 

  William Henry Pursell, 81, of Wakefield, president of the Bank of Sussex and 
Surry at Wakefield, died Thursday in a Richmond hospital.

  A funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Wakefield Methodist Church, 
with burial in Wakefield Cemetery.

  A son of the late Joseph H. and Mangrum Wilkerson [sic*] Pursell, he was 
born in Dinwiddie County March 5, 1869.

  Early in manhood he was connected with the Surry Lumber Company at Dendron, 
and 25 years owned and operated Dendron Drug Company.  For the past 29 years 
he owned and operated the Wakefield Wholesale Grocery Company.

  He had been connected with the Bank of Sussex and Surry for many years.

  He was steward of the Wakefield Methodist Church and also taught the men’s 
Bible class.  He was a member of Acca Temple Shrine in Richmond.

  Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Bryant Pursell; two sons, W.H. 
Purcell, Jr., of Petersburg, and Marvin E. Pursell, Jr., of Petersburg, and 
Marvin E. Pursell, of Baltimore; a brother, D.E. Pursell, of Lake City, Fla., 
and four grandchildren.

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W. H. Pursell, 82, Bank President, Dies in Richmond 

  William H. Pursell, 82, of Dendron, President of the Bank of Sussex and 
Surry, died Thursday in a Richmond hospital after an illness of several 
months. 

  Mr. Pursell was prominent for many years in the business, civic and 
religious circles of Sussex and Surry counties.  He owned and operated the 
Dendron Drug Company and long was connected with the Surry Lumber Company at 
Dendron.  He was president of the Bank until his death. 

  Among his numerous activities he was a 32d degree Mason, senior warden in 
the Episcopal Church, chairman of the Dendron School Board, and for many years 
a teacher of a large Bible Class. 

  Mr. Pursell often visited Norfolk where he has many friends.  He was the 
uncle of City Clerk John D. Corbell. 

  Born in Dinwiddie County on March 5, 1868, he was the son of Joseph H. and 
Mrs. Margaret Wilkinson* Pursell. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Bryant Pursell, and two sons, William H. 
Pursell Jr. of Petersburg, and Marvin E. Pursell of Baltimore, Md. 

  Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 P.M. at his home in Wakefield. 
Burial was in the family lot there.


William Henry PURSELL, of Wakefield, businessman & bank president, 
b. 5 Mar 1869, Dinwiddie Co., d. 18 May 1950, Richmond, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery**, 21 May 1950, 
donated obit; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 63, No. 11, May 24, 1950, p. 1, col. 6 

**His father & step-mother 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 

Find a Grave Mem. #127147296 

*His mother was "Maggie" Margaret E. (WILKERSON/WILKINSON) PURSELL. 

D.Cert. 10961 (Richmond #1242) gives b. Atlanta, GA, son of J.H. & Mangrum 
  (WILKINSON) PURSELL. 

The 1880 & 1900 Census (Wakefield, Sussex Co.) give his father as b. GA, 
   but other records give b. Notasulga, AL.  Joseph 2m. "Indie" Indiana Wilson 
   (JONES; wid/o Benjamin F.) GWALTNEY 27 Dec 1882 in Sussex Co. 

His widow's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1978) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/p624p1ob.txt 


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