Sussex-Prince George County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Presson, Bessie B. Zills, 1981 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ BESSIE ZILLS PRESSON WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Bessie Zills Presson, 69, Route 1, died Sunday in Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin. Survivors include her husband, J.T. Presson; a daughter, Mrs. Sibyl Presson Beale of Franklin; a son, J.T. Presson, III of Wakefield; and three grandchildren. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Wakefield Cemetery by the Rev. R.E. Brittle Purviance Funeral Home is in charge. Bessie Barham (ZILLS; John Thomas Jr.) PRESSON, b. 8 Jul 1911, Prince George Co., d. 29 Mar 1981, Franklin, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 27 Mar 2001, "The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Mar. 26, 2001, p. 17; clipping posted with Find a Grave Mem. #127406123 *Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt Her husband's obit ("Smithfield Times," Jan. 20, 1988, p. 5) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/p625j4ob.txt Her parents, Benjamin A. & Zettie (RAWLINGS) ZILLS, are buried in Spring Hill Christian Church Cemetery, Sussex Co. Find a Grave calls it Springhill Cemetery. (Mem. #52728005 &c.) 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/p625b2ob.txt