Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sowards, Frances Blake, 1991 

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EVERETT WILLIAM SOWARDS 

  DENDRON - Everett William Sowards, 78, of Dendron, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 
1984 in John Randolph Hospital, Hopewell.

  Born in Cable [sic; Cabell] County, W.Va., he retired from the Virginia 
Department of Highways in 1970.

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances Blake Sowards; two daughters, 
Mrs. Mary S. Stewart of Surry and Mrs. Jean Elizabeth Goodrich of Smithfield; 
a son, William T. Sowards of Prince George County; a sister, Mrs. Alice S. 
Ronk of West Virginia; three brothers, Pearl O. Sowards, Moses Sowards and 
Lawrence Sowards, all of West Virginia; nine grandchildren; and six great-
grandchildren.

  A funeral was held Thursday, Jan 5, in Purviance Funeral Home.

  Burial was in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Wakefield.


Everett William SOWARDS, retired from VDoT, 
b. 18 Dec 1905, Cabell Co., WV, d. 3 Jan 1984, Hopewell, 
interred in Hillcrest Memorial Park*, Wakefield, 5 Jan 1984, 
marked in Wakefield Cemetery**, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Oct. 2, 2012 

*Defunct, most interments have been moved elsewhere. 
   (R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home) 

**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," Sep. 29, 1991, p. 16) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/s632f1ob.txt 

His parents, William James & Mary Ellen (WHITE) SOWARDS, are buried in 
   Culloden Cemetery, Culloden, Cabell Co., WV. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #69250674 &c.) 

His first wife, Marie (McALLISTER) SOWARDS, an infant, & her parents are 
   also buried in Culloden Cemetery.  (Find a Grave Mem. #43859952 &c.) 


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