Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Munford, Lulie E. Drewery, 1980 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. Lulie D. Munford SMITHFIELD - A funeral for Mrs. Lulie Drewery Munford will be held today at 2 p.m. in Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield, by the Revs. Clarke A. Wiseman and John W. Crocker. Burial will be in Mill Swamp Church Cemetery at Ivor. ****************************************************************************** LULIE DREWRY MUNFORD Smithfield - Funeral services for Lulie Drewry [sic; Drewery] Munford, 97, were held Friday in Colonial Funeral Home by the Revs. Charles A. Wiseman and John W. Crocker. Burial was in Mill Swamp Baptist Church cemetery. Munford died Wednesday in Newport Convalescent Center, Newport News. She was a native of Isle of Wight County and the widow of Joseph Andrew Munford. She was the oldest living member of Mill Swamp Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Oddie M. Barlow, Josie M. Edwards and Alice M. Branch of Smithfield; two sons, William A. Munford of Smithfield and Leslie M. Munford of Baskin Ridge, N.J.; 11 grandchildren; 15 great- grandchildren; and a great-great-grandson. ****************************************************************************** Mrs. Lulie Drewery Munford, age 97, of Rt. 3 Smithfield, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, in a Newport News Nursing Home. Mrs. Munford, a native of Isle of Wight County was the widow of Joseph Andrew Munford. She was the oldest member of Mill Swamp Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Drewery. ****************************************************************************** Mrs. Munford Smithfield - A funeral service for Mrs. Lulie Drewry Munford, who died Wednesday, will be held at 2 p.m. today in Colonial Funeral Home here. Burial will be in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery, Ivor. The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the Mill Swamp Baptist Church building fund or the Isle of Wight Rescue Squad. She was the oldest living member of Mill Swamp Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Oddie M. Barlow, Josie M. Edwards and Alice M. Branch of Smithfield; two sons, William A. Munford of Smithfield and Leslie M. Munford of Baskin Ridge, N.J.; 11 grandchildren; 15 great- grandchildren; and a great-great-grandson. "Lulie" Louella Emma (DREWERY; Mrs. Joseph A.) MUNFORD, b. 23 Mar 1883, Isle of Wight Co., d. 10 Dec 1980, Newport News, interred in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 12 Dec 1980, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 58, No. 298, Fri., Dec. 12, 1980, p. 2; "Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 15, 1980, p. 8 donated obit, publication unknown, text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #21549554; donated obit, publication unknown, clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #21549554, by Cynthia Johnson Stone *Additional information: Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #55: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html A photo of her gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #21549554. D.Cert. 80-038178 Her husband's obit ("Smithfield Times," July 14, 1955, p. 1, col. 4), with their marriage record & other data appended, is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/m516j1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/m516l1ob.txt