William Moxley Bland Sr.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Nickname: Billy.

• Census: Grayson Co, Va - 1930 Federal Census, 25 Apr 1930, Grayson Co, VA. ⁶ Elk Creek, Dist 1, Sheet 11A, Stamped Pg 94

• Obituary. ⁵ William M. "Billy" Bland, age 68, of Elk Creek, and Durham, N.C., died Monday, Nov. 24, 1997 at his home in Durham.

He was born Sept. 14, 1929 at Comer's Rock to Glenn C. and Sibbie Comer Bland. He was a life member of Missile Space and Range Pioneers, a life member and former officer of Grayson County Historical Society, and was a retired IBM Advisory Engineer.

For many years, Mr. Bland was a licensed private pilot and flew off and on for 46 years. He was on the Board of Directors for the Comer's Creek Foundation. He worked on the Apollo/Saturn Program at Kennedy Space Center through almost all program flights.

Mr. Bland was a member of Comer's Rock Baptist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Carol F. Bland, Durham, N.C.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Amelia Bland and Joe Beaty, Marion, and Karen and Paul Harris, Raleigh, N.C.; four grandchildren, Benjamin Bland Halsey and William Bland Halsey, both of Marion, and Kathryn Marie Cooper and Summit M. Harris, both of Raleigh, N.C.; one brother, Gerald Bland, Tacoma, Wash.

Funeral services were conducted Friday, Nov. 28, at Cliffview Baptist Church of God, Galax, with the Rev. D. G. Cox, the Rev. Rick Eminhizer and the Rev. Jimmy Harmon officiating. Interment was in Comer's Rock Cemetery in Comer's Rock.

Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Inc., Independence was in charge of the arrangements.

William married Sarah Louise Lyons.¹ (Sarah Louise Lyons was born on 24 Nov 1936 in Washington, D. C. ⁵ and died on 1 Jan 1990 in Sullivan Co, TN ⁵.)