Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barrett, Richard C. Jr., 1944 

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R. C. Barrett, Jr., Dies in Suffolk 

  Richard Crawford Barrett. Jr., 67 years of age, died at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday 
at the Virginia Hospital following an illness of several weeks.  He was a son 
of the late Mary Estelle and Rlchard Crawford Barrett, of Franklin, but had 
been a resident of Suffolk for 45 years. 

  For many years he was connected with the National Bank of Suffolk, but was 
later associated with Dill, Cramer, Truitt Lumber Company. 

  Surviving relatirea include his widow, Mrs. Pearl Chase Barrett; one 
daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Bruce Elliott, of Columbia, S.C.; one son, Richard 
Bradford Barrett, of Suffolk; six sisters, Miss Claudia Barrett, Mrs. Frank E. 
Howell and Mrs. Lavinia Rayles [sic; Rawles], of Franklin; Mra. Vivian 
Brinkley, Mrs. L.C. Holland and Mrs. S. Preston Hill, of Suffolk; one brother, 
Robert Sydney Barrett, of Franklin, several nieces and nephews. 

  The body was taken to the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home, where funeral 
services will be conducted at 11:30 a.m., tomorrow by the Rev. Louis A. 
Haskell, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill 
Cemetery. 

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RICHARD CRAWFORD BARRETT, JR.

   Richard Crawford Barrett, 67, son of the late Richard C. and Mary Estelle 
Barrett of Franklin, died at a Suffolk hospital Tuesday afternoon, March 21, 
at 6:30 o’clock after an illness of several weeks.

   Mr. Barrett had lived in Suffolk for 45 years and for a number of years was 
connected with the National Bank of Suffolk, later becoming affiliated with 
Dill-Cramer Lumber Company.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl C. Barrett; a daughter, Mrs. Bruce 
Elliott of Columbia, S.C.; a son, Richard B. Barrett of Suffolk; six sisters, 
Miss Claudia Barrett of Franklin, Mrs. Vivian Brinkley and Mrs. L.C. Holland 
of Suffolk; Mrs. Frank E. Howell of Franklin; Mrs. S.P. Hill of Suffolk, and 
Mrs. Levinia Rawls of Franklin; one brother, R.S. Barrett of Franklin, and 
several nieces and nephews.

    Services were conducted Thursday morning, March 23, at 11:30 a.m. at the 
funeral home of I.O. Hill and I.O. Hill and Company of Suffolk, with the Rev. 
L.A. Haskell, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, officiating.  Burial was 
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.


Richard Crawford BARRETT, Jr., of Suffolk, businessman, 
b. 5 Jan 1877, Franklin, d. 21 Mar 1944, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 23 Mar 1944, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 22, No. 1, Wed., Mar. 22, 1944, p. 8; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 39, No. 23, Fri., Mar. 24, 1944, p. 1 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #11452612. 

D.Cert. 6097 (Suffolk #84) 

His wife's obits ("Daily Press" & "Suffolk News-Herald," Jan. 11, 1946) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b630p8ob.txt 

His parents are buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list (PS2-41B): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

The obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 20, 1928, p. 7) of his father - 
   also styled Richard Jr. {1st child b. in Franklin} - is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630r10o.txt 

The obit ("Tidewater News," May 18, 1923, p. 1) of his mother is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630m5ob.txt 


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