Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brinkley, Pretlow M., 1973 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ PRETLOW MURPHY BRINKLEY Pretlow Murphy Brinkley, 62, of 214 Clay St. died Friday afternoon in a hospital. A native of Suffolk, he was a son of I.P. and Mrs. Ruth Murphy Brinkley and the husband of Mrs. Judith W. Brinkley He was a member of Suffolk Christian Church and chairman of Suffolk Board of Assessors. He was the owner-operator of Nansemond Seed Co., for 45 years. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters; Mrs. Carol Brashear of Princeton, N.J. and Miss Jane Brinkley of Suffolk; and two grandchildren. A funeral service will be held today at 4:30 p.m. in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Pretlow Murphy BRINKLEY, 45-year owner-operator of Nansemond Seed Co., Suffolk native, d. 13 Jul 1973, age 62, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 66*), Suffolk, 15 Jul 1973, "The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," July 15, 1973, p. 12 *His parents are also buried there. Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt His father's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," May 1, 1945, p. 8) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b652i2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/b652p2ob.txt