Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sheffield, William R., 1943 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ WILLIAM ROBERT SHEFFIELD W.R. SHEFFIELD, 65, OF WAVERLY WAS BURIED FRIDAY William Robert Sheffield, 65, prominent resident of Waverly, died June 16th in a Richmond hospital following an illness of several years. Surviving are a son, W.A. Sheffield of Waverly, with whom he made his home; six brothers, C.H. Sheffield of Waverly, H.T.; O.W. and J.A. Sheffield of Suffolk; H.R. Sheffield of Springfield, Ohio and A.D. Sheffield of St. Petersburg, Fla. The body was taken to the Harcum Funeral Home in Waverly and at 3:15 o'clock Friday afternoon. The funeral procession left there for the grave in Waverly Cemetery, where services were conducted at 3:30 by the Rev. A.B. Harrell of Waverly Baptist Church. William Robert SHEFFIELD, of Waverly, d. 16 Jun 1943, Richmond, age 65, interred in Waverly Cemetery, 18 Jun 1943, "The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 26, No. 14, June 24, 1943 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/s143w2ob.txt