Thomas Traynham Stillman

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OBITUARY

6 Jan 2004; Bristol Herald Courier/Bristol Virginia-Tennessean

Thomas Traynham Stillman, 82, died suddenly December 31, 2003, in Lancaster, SC. Mr. Stillman, a resident of Chilhowie, VA, served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, was retired from the Life Insurance Company of Virginia, was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4667, and was a member of the Chilhowie United Methodist Church.

Mr. Stillman was preceded in death by his wife of 42 years, Margaret Martin Stillman of Petersburg; his parents, Arthur Raymond and Mary Elizabeth Traynham Stillman of South Boston and Hopewell; and brothers Arthur Raymond Stillman, Jr., of Hopewell and John Hammond Stillman of South Boston.

He is survived by his wife, Pansy Rollins Stillman, of Chilhowie, VA; sisters Frances Stillman Lee, of Hopewell and Mary Stillman Kirby of Daleville, VA; daughters Margaret Stillman Ford and her husband Richard of Aiken, SC, and Paige Stillman Houchins and her husband Luther, of Chilhowie; two grandchildren, Thomas Carlson Ford of Boston, MA, and Rachel Annette Houchins of Johnson City, TN, and a stepson, Thomas E. Rollins III, of Greenville, TN.

Memorial services will be conducted at 5:00 p.m. Monday, January 5, 2004 at the Chilhowie UMC with Rev. Dr. David St. Clair officiating. Honorary pallbearers include Jack Wheeler, Nick May, Andy Overbay, Bill Rush, Charlie Haynes, Andy Widener, Charles Larry Poe, the members of VFW Post 4667 and his former co-workers at Life Insurance Company of Virginia.

The family will receive visitors in the church Fellowship Hall following the memorial service. A graveside memorial service will also be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 6, at Southlawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers please make memorial donations to Chilhowie UMC, P.O. Box 367, Chilhowie, VA, 24319, or Children?s Place, Inc., 310 Barnwell Ave. NE, Aiken, SC, 29801.

The family is being served by the Petersburg Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son.


Birth:
Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.

Name: Thomas Traynham Stillman
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1921
Birth Place: Birmingham Junction, Alabama
Death Date: 31 Dec 2003
Father: Arthur R Stillman
Mother: Mary E Traynham
SSN: 228129209
Notes: Aug 1939: Name listed as THOMAS TRAYNHAM STILLMAN; 16 Jan 2004: Name listed as THOMAS T STILLMAN


Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84655941/thomas-t-stillman

Outside of Mausoleum 2

Died:
Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

Name: Thomas T. Stillman
Social Security Number: 228-12-9209
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1921
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Virginia
Last Residence: 24319, Chilhowie, Smyth, Virginia
Death Date: 31 Dec 2003

Thomas married Margaret Lee Martin 17 Nov 1949, Petersburg, VA. Margaret (daughter of Elias C. (Eli) Martin and Marion Overby) was born 3 Dec 1927, Dinwiddie Co. VA; died Oct 1992, Petersburg, VA; was buried , Southlawn Memorial Park Prince George Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101166927

Name: Margaret Lee Martin
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1928
Marriage Registration Place: Petersburg, Virginia
Marriage Date: 17 Nov 1949
Marriage Place: Petersburg, Virginia
Father: Eli Martin
Mother: Marion Overby
Spouse: Thomas Traynham Stillman
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 28
Birth Date: abt 1921
Father: Arthur R Stillman
Mother: Mary E Traynham
Certificate Number: 1949027788

1. Margaret Stillman
2. Paige Stillman