Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drewery, John B., 1934 

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J.B. Drewry [sic; Drewery] Dies Here During Early Morning 

  J.B. Drewery, aged 51, died this morning at his home, 318 Pinner street, at 
5:30 o'clock, after a short illness. 

  Mr. Drewery is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mamie Drewery, and three sisters, 
Mrs. D.M. Paige, Mrs. F.R. McGraw, of Portsmouth, Mrs. L.P. Harmon, of 
Portsmouth; one brother, W.H. Drewry, of Franklin. 

  Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the 
residence, conducted by the Rev. H.J. Goodwin.  Interment will be made in 
Cedar Hill cemetery. 


John Benjamin DREWERY, Bell Hosiery Mill stock clerk, 
b. 26 Mar 1883*, Southampton Co., d. 7 Sep 1934, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 25*), Suffolk, 9 Sep 1934, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 12, No. 134, Fri., Sep. 7, 1934, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #96576172. 

He shares the gravestone with his widow (1883 - 1934), although she 
   remarried in 1937 to Jas. Walter BRYANT: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

Surname on D.Cert. 21224 (Suffolk #262) written indistinctly; transcribed as 
   DEWEY on Ancestry.com; it gives d. age 51, b. 27 Mar [1883]. 

His WW-I draft card gives b. 27 Mar 1882. 

Correct birthdate from the Southampton Co. B.Reg.  (1883 #87) 

Mamie's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," Nov. 1969) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b653m21o.txt 

His parents, Henry H. DREWRY & Lucy A. WHITFIELD, m. 26 Mar 1867. 
   (Southampton Co. MB1A:184; M.Reg. #35) 

His father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. A, 
   18th Battalion VA Heavy Artillery.  He was captured 6 Apr 1865 at 
   Sayler's Creek, although most of his unit escaped to Appomattox C.H. 


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