John William (Bill) Ryland of Urbanna died on Sept. 2, 2000 at the ripe old age of 93. Mr. Ryland was the son of Walter Hugh Ryland, who at the turn of the 20th century was owner and editor of the Southside Sentinel. Bill grew up on Spouts Cove on Urbanna Creek and across from my great-grandparents’ home on Watling Street in Urbanna. He was a lifelong resident of the Town of Urbanna. When Bill was a boy there was...