Isle of Wight-Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bissett, E. Ryan Jr., 1993 

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EDWARD RYAN BISSETT JR. 

  Edward Ryan Bissett Jr., 46, a resident of Lake Point Road, Suffolk, Va., 
died Saturday, Aug. 28, 1993, at his home.  He was a native of Isle of Wight 
County and was a former mechanic at Lipton Tea Company and Smithfield Packing 
Co. and was currently employed at Pioneer Paving Co., Richmond.  He was a 
member of Bethany Presbyterian Church, Zuni, and was a 1966 graduate of 
Windsor High School. 

  He is survived by his wife, Betty Jamerson Bissett, a daughter, Ashley Skye 
Bissett, and a son, Chris Ryan Bissett, all of Suffolk; his mother, Marjorie 
Lewis Bissett of Zuni; a sister, Carolyn B. Cobb of Suffolk; his mother-in-
law, Shirley Gray Byrum of Suffolk.  He was son of the late Edward Ryan 
Bissett. 

  A funeral service will be held in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, on 
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1993, at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Richard Park.  Burial will be 
in Antioch Church Cemetery, Windsor.  The family will receive friends at the 
funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m.  Memorial donations may be made to 
the Bethany Presbyterian Church Building Fund or to the Peninsula Psychiatric 
Hospital. 

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Edward Bissett Jr. 

  Edward Ryan Bissett Jr., 46, of Lake Point Road, died Aug. 28, 1993, in his 
home.  A native of Isle of Wight County, he was the son of the late Edward 
Ryan Bissett. 

  Bissett was employed at Pioneer Paving Co., Richmond.  He was formerly a 
mechanic for Lipton Tea Co. and Smithfield Packing Co.  Bissett was a member 
of Bethany Presbyterian Church, Zuni, and was a 1986 [sic; 1966] graduate of 
Windsor High School. 

  Survivors include his wife, Betty Jamerson Bissett; a daughter, Ashley Skye 
Bissett, and a son, Chris Ryan Bissett, both of Suffolk; his mother, Marjorie 
Lewis Bissett. Zuni; a sister, Carolyn B. Cobb of Suffolk; his mother-in-law, 
Shirley Gray Byrum of Suffolk. 

  The funeral will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Richard Park 
in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield.  Burial will be in Antioch Church 
Cemetery, Windsor. 

  The family will receive visitors at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 
p.m. 

  Memorial donations may be made to Bethany Presbyterian Church Fund or to the 
Peninsula Psychiatric Hospital. 


Edward Ryan BISSETT, Jr., Pioneer Paving mechanic/paver, 
b. 9 Jul 1947, Isle of Wight Co., suicide 28 Aug 1993, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 1 Sep 1993, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Mon., Aug. 30, 1993, p. D-2; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Tues., Aug. 31, 1993, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104833938. 

His parents & both his grandmothers are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 93-043096 gives multiple medication overdose. 

His father's obits ("Daily Press" & "Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 6, 1982) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b230e1ob.txt 

His mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," "Virginian-Pilot," & 
   "Smithfield Times," May 1995) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b230m3ob.txt 


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