Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Presson, John T. Jr., 1988 

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JOHN THOMAS PRESSON, JR. 

  WAKEFIELD - John Thomas Presson, Jr., 71, died Tuesday, Jan. 12, at his home.

  Presson, a native of Southampton County, attended Millfield Baptist Church 
and was a retired farmer of Southampton County.

  Survivors include a son, John Thomas Presson III of Wakefield; one daughter 
Sibyl Presson Beale of Franklin; four sisters, Mrs. Stella P. Van Hatter of 
Newport News; Miss Connie P. Tomlinson of Richmond; Mrs. Edith P. Tomlinson of 
Midlothian and Mrs. Margaret P. King of TX; one brother, Leonard D. Presson 
of Richmond; two grandchildren Pixie Lynn Russell of Suffolk and Debra Gail 
Palmer of Portsmouth.

  A graveside service was held Thursday, Jan. 14, at 2 p.m. in Wakefield 
Cemetery with the Dr. R.E. Brittle officiating.

  Pallbearers were Lannie Chitwood, Charles West, John Henry Carter, Barry 
Ferguson, Clyde Boykin, Wallace Brittle, Dick Dawson and Randolph Jones.

  Memorial donations may be made to Ivor Rescue Squad.


John Thomas PRESSON, Jr., retired Southampton Co. farmer, 
b. 2 Jan 1917, Southampton Co., d. 12 Jan 1988, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 14 Jan 1988, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 69, No. 3, Jan. 20, 1988, p. 5, col. 1-2 

*His parents, J.T. Sr. & Ada Viola (FREEMAN) PRESSON, 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 

His widow's obit ("Daily Press," Mar. 26, 2001, p. 17) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/p625b2ob.txt 


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