Nansemond-New Kent County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Hicks, Bettie A. Richardson, 1916 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ELIZABETH A. RICHARDSON HICKS MRS. BETTIE HICKS Suffolk, Va., Jan. 21. - Mrs. Bettie Hicks, an esteemed lady of Crittenden, Va., died in her home in the county, yesterday morning in the 72nd year of her age. She is survived by five sons, J.W. Hicks, W.A. Hicks, C.P. Hicks, W.H. Hicks, and H.H. Hicks, and one daughter, Miss Beatrice Hicks. The funeral services were held this afternoon at the Crittenden Christian church, conducted by Rev. G.R. Roode. The pall bearers were C.E. Murteague, W.L. Moger, L.A. Hoge, J.C. Hillian, Lee Anderson, H.K. Anderson. The interment was made in the Crittenden cemetery. "Bettie" Elizabeth A. (RICHARDSON; Mrs. William Mountreville "Mount") HICKS, b. 2 Feb 1844, New Kent Co., d. 19 Jan 1916, Crittenden, Nansemond Co., interred in Mount Zion Christian Church Cemetery*, Crittenden, "Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 53, No. 22, Sat., Jan. 22, 1916, p. 7, text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #286478134 [no grave photo]; *Additional information: Unmarked? Added to the Mount Zion list (Z-3), an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/mtzion.txt D.Cert. 1620 (Chuckatuck #2) gives daughter of John Walker & Lucy (WRIGHT) RICHARDSON. Her m.rec. gives her mother as Joanna. Her half-brother Robert Pryor RICHARDSON (1858 - 1922) is also buried there, unmarked. Her husband was a Confederate veteran, having served in the James City Artillery - Co. H (1st), 32nd VA Infantry, as Orderly Sergeant. His obit ("Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Aug. 20, 1914, p. 7) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h200m4ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h200b1ob.txt