Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....White, Watson B., 1936 

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WATSON BRIGGS WHITE 
04-25-1874 - 02-03-1936 

  Watson Briggs White, born April 25, 1874, was the son of John Lawson White 
and his wife Mary Jane Briggs White of Wakefield.  He moved to Wakefield in 
1877 to the family home on the corner of Main Street and the Ivor Road (later 
U.S. 460).  He was the Surry, Sussex and Southampton Railway Station Agent at 
Wakefield until 1912 when he resigned to enter the transfer business.

  He married Herma Hart, born June 9, 1882, daughter of James D. Hart and Ada 
Bishop Hart. Mrs. Watson White, "Miss Herma" was a faithful leader of the many 
phases of Wakefield Baptist Church’s work and the church's growth.  She served 
as Church Treasurer from 1907 to 1936.  Following the death of her husband on 
February 3, 1936, she actively continued to support the Sunday school grogram, 
the W.M.U., Mission activities, and the Petersburg Baptist Association until 
age forced the curtailment of her commitments.  She died at the age of ninety 
on June 20, 1972.

  Mr. and Mrs. White and their youngest son, Watson Hart White (b. November 6, 
1912, d. May 21, 1913) are buried in Section B of Wakefield Cemetery.  Their 
older son, Clarence Donavan White was born August 12, 1904.  He married Agnes 
Mann of November 4, 1930 and he died December 15, 1969 in Fredericksburg. 
(Mr. White’s window is located in the choir loft of the church sanctuary.)


Watson Briggs WHITE, former SSS R.R. Wakefield station agent, 
b. 25 Aug 1874, Surry Co., d. 3 Feb 1936, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 5 Feb 1936, 
memorial, source unknown 

*His parents 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 

Wakefield Baptist Church window #11, located in the choir loft of the church 
   sanctuary. 

His widow's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1972) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/w300h1ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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