John Wesley Stephens, Jr. was born Sept. 18, 1904 to John Wesley Stephens, Sr. (1871-1954) and Katherine Mary Fitzsimmons (1876-1954) in Staunton, Va.
He graduated college in 1928 from the University of Virginia, where he was captain of the baseball team for two years.
He married Goldie Mae Craft in Staunton, Va. They had one daughter.
John Stephens was named Assistant Commissioner of the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Commission in 1948, after serving since 1934 in Federal and State employment services. During World War II, he was the Richmond and Hampton Roads area director for the War Manpower Commission, and was chairman of the State Manpower Priorities Committee.
Mr. Stephens organized and served as chairman of the Richmond area management labor committee during World War II, and later became a state-wide management labor consultant.
In addition, he served as a member of the State Veterans Re-employment Rights Committee; the Farm Labor Committee of the Council of State Governments, was a member of the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies, and was a consultant member of the State advisory committee on trade and industrial education of the Virginia State Department of Education.
He was cited by the United States Department of War for outstanding civilian services rendered in his field during World War II.
He made his home at 4711 West Grace Street in Richmond, Va.
He was a member of the Richmond Lodge No. 45, BPOE, and First Baptist Church.
John Stephens went to Staunton on Monday to address a Kiwanis Club luncheon, complained of feeling badly, and cut his address short, friends said. He became ill soon afterward and entered a Staunton hospital. He passed away shortly after admission on Sept. 12, 1955 at the age of 50.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Goldie Mae Craft Stephens; a daughter, and three brothers, James E. Stephens, of Folly Beach, S.C.; Charles R. Stephens, of Portsmouth, Va.; and Hugh Franklin Stephens, of Ashland, Va.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 3 P.M. at the Joseph W. Bliley Funeral Home in Richmond, Va. followed by interment at Greenwood Memorial Gardens.
He graduated college in 1928 from the University of Virginia, where he was captain of the baseball team for two years.
He married Goldie Mae Craft in Staunton, Va. They had one daughter.
John Stephens was named Assistant Commissioner of the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Commission in 1948, after serving since 1934 in Federal and State employment services. During World War II, he was the Richmond and Hampton Roads area director for the War Manpower Commission, and was chairman of the State Manpower Priorities Committee.
Mr. Stephens organized and served as chairman of the Richmond area management labor committee during World War II, and later became a state-wide management labor consultant.
In addition, he served as a member of the State Veterans Re-employment Rights Committee; the Farm Labor Committee of the Council of State Governments, was a member of the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies, and was a consultant member of the State advisory committee on trade and industrial education of the Virginia State Department of Education.
He was cited by the United States Department of War for outstanding civilian services rendered in his field during World War II.
He made his home at 4711 West Grace Street in Richmond, Va.
He was a member of the Richmond Lodge No. 45, BPOE, and First Baptist Church.
John Stephens went to Staunton on Monday to address a Kiwanis Club luncheon, complained of feeling badly, and cut his address short, friends said. He became ill soon afterward and entered a Staunton hospital. He passed away shortly after admission on Sept. 12, 1955 at the age of 50.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Goldie Mae Craft Stephens; a daughter, and three brothers, James E. Stephens, of Folly Beach, S.C.; Charles R. Stephens, of Portsmouth, Va.; and Hugh Franklin Stephens, of Ashland, Va.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 3 P.M. at the Joseph W. Bliley Funeral Home in Richmond, Va. followed by interment at Greenwood Memorial Gardens.
John Wesley Stephens, Jr. was born Sept. 18, 1904 to John Wesley Stephens, Sr. (1871-1954) and Katherine Mary Fitzsimmons (1876-1954) in Staunton, Va.
He graduated college in 1928 from the University of Virginia, where he was captain of the baseball team for two years.
He married Goldie Mae Craft in Staunton, Va. They had one daughter.
John Stephens was named Assistant Commissioner of the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Commission in 1948, after serving since 1934 in Federal and State employment services. During World War II, he was the Richmond and Hampton Roads area director for the War Manpower Commission, and was chairman of the State Manpower Priorities Committee.
Mr. Stephens organized and served as chairman of the Richmond area management labor committee during World War II, and later became a state-wide management labor consultant.
In addition, he served as a member of the State Veterans Re-employment Rights Committee; the Farm Labor Committee of the Council of State Governments, was a member of the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies, and was a consultant member of the State advisory committee on trade and industrial education of the Virginia State Department of Education.
He was cited by the United States Department of War for outstanding civilian services rendered in his field during World War II.
He made his home at 4711 West Grace Street in Richmond, Va.
He was a member of the Richmond Lodge No. 45, BPOE, and First Baptist Church.
John Stephens went to Staunton on Monday to address a Kiwanis Club luncheon, complained of feeling badly, and cut his address short, friends said. He became ill soon afterward and entered a Staunton hospital. He passed away shortly after admission on Sept. 12, 1955 at the age of 50.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Goldie Mae Craft Stephens; a daughter, and three brothers, James E. Stephens, of Folly Beach, S.C.; Charles R. Stephens, of Portsmouth, Va.; and Hugh Franklin Stephens, of Ashland, Va.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 3 P.M. at the Joseph W. Bliley Funeral Home in Richmond, Va. followed by interment at Greenwood Memorial Gardens.
He graduated college in 1928 from the University of Virginia, where he was captain of the baseball team for two years.
He married Goldie Mae Craft in Staunton, Va. They had one daughter.
John Stephens was named Assistant Commissioner of the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Commission in 1948, after serving since 1934 in Federal and State employment services. During World War II, he was the Richmond and Hampton Roads area director for the War Manpower Commission, and was chairman of the State Manpower Priorities Committee.
Mr. Stephens organized and served as chairman of the Richmond area management labor committee during World War II, and later became a state-wide management labor consultant.
In addition, he served as a member of the State Veterans Re-employment Rights Committee; the Farm Labor Committee of the Council of State Governments, was a member of the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies, and was a consultant member of the State advisory committee on trade and industrial education of the Virginia State Department of Education.
He was cited by the United States Department of War for outstanding civilian services rendered in his field during World War II.
He made his home at 4711 West Grace Street in Richmond, Va.
He was a member of the Richmond Lodge No. 45, BPOE, and First Baptist Church.
John Stephens went to Staunton on Monday to address a Kiwanis Club luncheon, complained of feeling badly, and cut his address short, friends said. He became ill soon afterward and entered a Staunton hospital. He passed away shortly after admission on Sept. 12, 1955 at the age of 50.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Goldie Mae Craft Stephens; a daughter, and three brothers, James E. Stephens, of Folly Beach, S.C.; Charles R. Stephens, of Portsmouth, Va.; and Hugh Franklin Stephens, of Ashland, Va.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 3 P.M. at the Joseph W. Bliley Funeral Home in Richmond, Va. followed by interment at Greenwood Memorial Gardens.
