Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gardner, Willie U., 1965 

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WILLIE U. GARDNER 

  FRANKLIN - Willie Uriah Gardner, 80, a lifelong resident of Nansemond 
County, died early Tuesday in Southampton Memorial Hospital. 

  He was the husband of the late Mrs. Elenor [sic; Elnora] Vaughan Gardner 
and a son of Franklin F. and Mrs. Ida Darden Gardner. 

  He was a member of South Quay Baptist Church. 

  Surviving are three sons, Willie B. Gardner, J.F. Gardner and Robert L. 
Gardner of Franklin; a daughter, Miss Carrie Lee Gardner of Richmond; two 
brothers, George E. Gardner of Hampton and Luke Gardner of Holland; and a 
sister, Mrs. Martha Darden of Franklin. 

  A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in W.J.M. Holland & 
Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. L.F. Smith.  Burial will be in the family 
cemetery near Elwood. 

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WILLIE URIAH GARDNER

   FRANKLIN - Willie Uriah Gardner, 80, a lifelong resident of Nansemond 
County [*sic], died early Tuesday in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

   He was the husband of the late Mrs. Elenor [sic; Elnora] Vaughan Gardner 
and a son of Franklin F. and Mrs. Ida Darden Gardner.

   He was a member of South Quay Baptist Church.

   Surviving are three sons, Willie B. Gardner, J.F. Gardner, and Robert L. 
Gardner of Franklin; a daughter, Miss Carrie Lee Gardner of Richmond; two 
brothers, George E. Gardner of Hampton and Luke Gardner of Holland; and a 
sister, Mrs. Martha Darden of Franklin.

   A funeral service was conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & 
Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. L.F. Smith of South Quay Baptist Church.

   Burial was in the family cemetery near Elwood.

   Pallbearers were G.A. Pearce, Jason Butler, Chuck Johnson, Julie Darden, 
Julie Turner, Tillman Jenkins, Robert Butler and Gilbert Harrell.


Willie Uriah GARDNER, farmer, 
b. 4 Mar 1885, South Quay, Nansemond Co., 21 Dec 1965, Franklin, 
interred in the GARDNER family cemetery*, near Elwood, 23 Dec 1965, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 43, No. 305, Wed., Dec. 22, 1965, p. 2; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mon., Dec. 27, 1965, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

Elwood, located where Elwood Rd. (Rt. 613) crosses the Norfolk-Southern rail 
   line, was only the R.R. station between Franklin & Holland.  The GARDNER 
   family cemetery is included in Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, 
   Vol. 4 (NV-IV-6), an extension of the Southampton Co. Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol4.txt 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 65-033319 gives his wife as Eleanor. 

The family appears in the 1950 Census in Windsor Dist., Isle of Wight Co., 
   1½ miles from Lee's Millpond. 

His name appears in many records as Billie. 

His wife's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Aug. 30, 1965, & 
   "Tidewater News," Sep. 1, 1960) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/g635e9ob.txt 


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