*Cenotaph. Actual burial here.
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The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.),
Wed, 13 Jul 1966, p20, c4-5
Joseph Bland, 101, Ex-Mayor, Is Dead
West Point - A former West Point mayor who observed his 101st birthday two months ago, Joseph Linwood Bland, died Tuesday at his home here.
A town councilman for 24 years and mayor here for 18, he also served on the school board and was named postmaster during the Wilson administration and served in that capacity for nine years until he resigned in 1922.
He was engaged in the real estate business here for years and still made his daily visits to his office until late last year.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Francis Courtney Bland; a daughter, Mrs. Erik Zimmerman of West Point; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete Tuesday night.
Mr. Bland was born May 27, 1965(sic) near Shackelfords Fork, about 7 miles east of here in King and Queen County, the son of Major Roderick Bland, a trial justice and plantation owner. Three of his brothers were soldiers on the Confederate Army.
Mr. Bland attended the local one-room school and later Aberdeen Academy. After leaving school, he clerked in the store of one of his brothers at Centerville, near his home. In 1884, he moved to West Point to open a mercantile business with another brother, the late Richmond Bland.
He was a lifelong member of the West Point Methodist Church, a charter member of the West Point Kiwanis Club and one of Virginia's oldest Masons.
Ten years ago he receive his 60-year pin for Masonic service.
In May, 1965 on his 100th birthday the West Point town council adopted a resolution paying tribute to long service to the community.
Two of his keenest interests were the West Point Volunteer Fire Department, which he helped found and served as treasurer, and the Democratic Party, which he joined at an early age. Until his health prevented him from traveling, he attended every state Democratic convention.
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The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.),
Wed, 13 Jul 1966, p20, c4-5
Joseph Bland, 101, Ex-Mayor, Is Dead
West Point - A former West Point mayor who observed his 101st birthday two months ago, Joseph Linwood Bland, died Tuesday at his home here.
A town councilman for 24 years and mayor here for 18, he also served on the school board and was named postmaster during the Wilson administration and served in that capacity for nine years until he resigned in 1922.
He was engaged in the real estate business here for years and still made his daily visits to his office until late last year.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Francis Courtney Bland; a daughter, Mrs. Erik Zimmerman of West Point; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete Tuesday night.
Mr. Bland was born May 27, 1965(sic) near Shackelfords Fork, about 7 miles east of here in King and Queen County, the son of Major Roderick Bland, a trial justice and plantation owner. Three of his brothers were soldiers on the Confederate Army.
Mr. Bland attended the local one-room school and later Aberdeen Academy. After leaving school, he clerked in the store of one of his brothers at Centerville, near his home. In 1884, he moved to West Point to open a mercantile business with another brother, the late Richmond Bland.
He was a lifelong member of the West Point Methodist Church, a charter member of the West Point Kiwanis Club and one of Virginia's oldest Masons.
Ten years ago he receive his 60-year pin for Masonic service.
In May, 1965 on his 100th birthday the West Point town council adopted a resolution paying tribute to long service to the community.
Two of his keenest interests were the West Point Volunteer Fire Department, which he helped found and served as treasurer, and the Democratic Party, which he joined at an early age. Until his health prevented him from traveling, he attended every state Democratic convention.
*Cenotaph. Actual burial here.
~~~~~~~~~~~
The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.),
Wed, 13 Jul 1966, p20, c4-5
Joseph Bland, 101, Ex-Mayor, Is Dead
West Point - A former West Point mayor who observed his 101st birthday two months ago, Joseph Linwood Bland, died Tuesday at his home here.
A town councilman for 24 years and mayor here for 18, he also served on the school board and was named postmaster during the Wilson administration and served in that capacity for nine years until he resigned in 1922.
He was engaged in the real estate business here for years and still made his daily visits to his office until late last year.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Francis Courtney Bland; a daughter, Mrs. Erik Zimmerman of West Point; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete Tuesday night.
Mr. Bland was born May 27, 1965(sic) near Shackelfords Fork, about 7 miles east of here in King and Queen County, the son of Major Roderick Bland, a trial justice and plantation owner. Three of his brothers were soldiers on the Confederate Army.
Mr. Bland attended the local one-room school and later Aberdeen Academy. After leaving school, he clerked in the store of one of his brothers at Centerville, near his home. In 1884, he moved to West Point to open a mercantile business with another brother, the late Richmond Bland.
He was a lifelong member of the West Point Methodist Church, a charter member of the West Point Kiwanis Club and one of Virginia's oldest Masons.
Ten years ago he receive his 60-year pin for Masonic service.
In May, 1965 on his 100th birthday the West Point town council adopted a resolution paying tribute to long service to the community.
Two of his keenest interests were the West Point Volunteer Fire Department, which he helped found and served as treasurer, and the Democratic Party, which he joined at an early age. Until his health prevented him from traveling, he attended every state Democratic convention.
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The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.),
Wed, 13 Jul 1966, p20, c4-5
Joseph Bland, 101, Ex-Mayor, Is Dead
West Point - A former West Point mayor who observed his 101st birthday two months ago, Joseph Linwood Bland, died Tuesday at his home here.
A town councilman for 24 years and mayor here for 18, he also served on the school board and was named postmaster during the Wilson administration and served in that capacity for nine years until he resigned in 1922.
He was engaged in the real estate business here for years and still made his daily visits to his office until late last year.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Francis Courtney Bland; a daughter, Mrs. Erik Zimmerman of West Point; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete Tuesday night.
Mr. Bland was born May 27, 1965(sic) near Shackelfords Fork, about 7 miles east of here in King and Queen County, the son of Major Roderick Bland, a trial justice and plantation owner. Three of his brothers were soldiers on the Confederate Army.
Mr. Bland attended the local one-room school and later Aberdeen Academy. After leaving school, he clerked in the store of one of his brothers at Centerville, near his home. In 1884, he moved to West Point to open a mercantile business with another brother, the late Richmond Bland.
He was a lifelong member of the West Point Methodist Church, a charter member of the West Point Kiwanis Club and one of Virginia's oldest Masons.
Ten years ago he receive his 60-year pin for Masonic service.
In May, 1965 on his 100th birthday the West Point town council adopted a resolution paying tribute to long service to the community.
Two of his keenest interests were the West Point Volunteer Fire Department, which he helped found and served as treasurer, and the Democratic Party, which he joined at an early age. Until his health prevented him from traveling, he attended every state Democratic convention.
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