Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Presson, A. Viola Freeman, 1976 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ADA VIOLA FREEMAN PRESSON WAKEFIELD - A funeral for Mrs. Viola Freeman Presson, 90, a domiciliary patient of Forest Hill Manor Nursing Home, Richmond, died Sunday at the home. A native of Southampton County, whe was a retired seamstress and a member of Wakefield Baptist Church. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. H.R. Van Netter of Newport News, Mrs. C.L. Tomlinson and Mrs. M.E. Tomlinson of Midlothian and Mrs. H.A. King of Dallas, Tex.; two sons, J. Thomas Presson of Wakefield and Leonard D. Presson of Richmond; one sister, Mrs. Nina Lane of Elberon; 13 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren A funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. today in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, by the Rev. Roy Smith of Bethel Baptist Church. Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery. The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Wakefield Baptist Church or a favorite charity Ada Viola (FREEMAN; Mrs. John Thomas) PRESSON, retired seamstress, b. 16 Oct 1885, Southampton Co., d. 4 Jan 1976, Richmond, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 6 Jan 1976, "Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 6, 1976, p. 20 *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/p625v1ob.txt