Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wellons, Joseph W., 1957 

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JOSEPH WESLEY WELLONS 

   Joseph W. Wellons, 88, retired farmer, died at his home near Wakefield on 
Wednesday, January 30.

   A native of Southampton County, the deceased was the husband of the late 
Anna Barrett Wellons.  He was a member of Barrett's Christian Church.

   He is survived by two sons, Ernest L. Wellons of Zuni and Arthur M. Wellons 
of Spring Grove, Surry County; and one grandson.

   Services were conducted at the Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, on 
Friday afternoon, February 1, at 2:30 o’clock, followed by burial in Wakefield 
Cemetery.  Revs. H.E. Crutchfield and J.E. McCauley officiated; and Nan 
Seeley, soloist, sang "Sunrise."

   Active pallbearers were Spratley Barrett, Cephus Brittle, David Gay, J.R. 
Simms, Jr., Raby Turner and Louis Umphlett.  Honorary pallbearers were friends 
of the family.


Joseph Wesley WELLONS, retired farmer, 
b. 28 Jul 1869, Southampton Co., d. 30 Jan 1957, at home, near Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 1 Feb 1957, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 7, 1957, Sect. I, p. 7 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 


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