WILLIAM DAWSON

DAWSON, William Linwood "Bill," 83, of Oldhams, died Friday, May 4, 2012. He was a member of Beulah Baptist Church, the VFW, an Army veteran of the Korean War and an avid gardener. Bill began his career with Merita Bread which later became Interstate Brands, Inc., where he retired as route manager in 1990 with 37 year's service. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Joan Coates Dawson; son, William Dawson Jr. of Oldhams; daughter, Ruth Jones and her husband, Robert of Montross; two grandchildren, Trent and Rebecca Jones; three sisters, Ethel Rena Revere of Warsaw, Jane Hughes of Callao and Edna Divvens of Ocala, Fla. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, May 6, 2012 at Beulah Baptist Church, Lyells. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with military honors. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. this evening at the Marks-Bristow Funeral Home, Tappahannock. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery Trust Fund, c/o Debbie Vanlandingham, P. O. Box 1196, Montross, Va. 22520.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.