Sussex-Surry-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....White, Jessie L. Councill, 1949 

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JESSIE COUNCILL POND WHITE 

  WAKEFIELD, VA. - July 23 - Mrs. Jessie Councill Pond White, 75, widow of Jeb 
Stuart White, died Saturday at her home here.  A funeral service will be held 
at 11 a.m. Monday at the home.  Burial will be in Rocky Hock Methodist Church 
Cemetery.  Daughter of the late Jesse and Mrs. Antionette Simon [sic; Simons] 
Councill, of Isle of Wight County, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. 
Mariam Lee Ellis and Mrs. Lois Carolyn Hines, both of Wakefield, and Mrs. 
Jesse Stuart Bass, of Danville; two sons, Robert Lee Pond, of Wakefield, and 
Lee Councill Pond, of Birmingham, Ala., and eight grandchildren. 

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MRS. J.S. WHITE, DIES IN WAKEFIELD 

  WAKEFIELD - July 24 - Mrs. Jessie Councill Pond White, 75, wife of Jeb 
Stuart White, of Wakefield, died Saturday at her home.  She was a member of 
Rocky Hock Methodist Church.  Besides her husband she is survived by three 
daughters, Mrs. Mariam Lee Ellis and Mrs. Lois Carolyn Hines, of Wakefield, 
and Mrs. Jessie Stuart Bass, of Danville; two sons, Robert Lee Pond, of 
Wakefield, and Lee Councill Pond, of Birmingham, Ala.; eight grandchildren 
and a number of nieces and nephews.

  The funeral service will be held at the residence at 11 a.m. Monday with 
interment in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery.

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JESSIE COUNCILL POND WHITE 

   Mrs. Jessie Councill Pond White, 75, a well-known resident of Wakefield, 
died at her home in that town Saturday morning, July 23, after suffering a 
heart attack.  She was the wife of Jeb Stuart White. 

   Mrs. White was the daughter of the late Jesse and Antoinette Simon [sic; 
Simons] Councill of Isle of Wight County.  She was a member of Rocky Hock 
Methodist Church. 

   Besides her husband she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Miriam Lee 
Ellis and Mrs. Lois Carolyn Hines of Wakefield, and Mrs. Jessie Stuart Bass 
of Danville; two sons, Robert Lee Pond of Wakefield and Lee Councill Pond of 
Birmingham, Ala.; three sisters, Mrs. J.M. Garrett and Miss Bertie Council of 
Norfolk, and Mrs. Nettie Rawls of Suffolk; and a number of nieces and nephews. 

   Funeral services for Mrs. White were conducted at the residence Monday 
morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. J.L. Blankenship, followed by burial in the 
family plot in Rocky Hock Methodist Church cemetery.  Active pallbearers were 
S.I. Jenkins, G.L. Mumford [sic; Munford], W.M. Pond, R.M. Pond, F.C. Rawls 
and E.A. Hatch. 


"Jessie" Jessica Lee (COUNCILL POND; Mrs. Jeb S.) WHITE, 
b. 2 Aug 1873, Isle of Wight Co., d. 23 Jul 1949, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (36A*), 25 Jul 1949, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," July 24, 1949, p. 20; 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," July 25, 1949, p. 14; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 29, 1949, p. 4 

*Buried with her first husband, Robert Lee POND, Sr. 
   Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #20584814. 

Lee's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," July 21, 1903, p. 9) & 
   a memorial are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/p530l3ob.txt 

Her widower is buried in Wakefield Cemetery. 
   Wakefield list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Jeb's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1955) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/w300j10o.txt 

Her parents, Jesse Duck & {2wf} Antoinette J. (SIMONS) COUNCILL, 
   are buried in a COUNCILL family cemetery, Collosse Rd. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #156: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #11747302 &c.) 

Jessie's D.Cert. 16676 (Wakefield #8) also gives her mother's maiden name 
   as SIMON. 


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