Nansemond-Princess Anne County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Herrick, William H., 1938 

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HERRICK FUNERAL HERE TOMORROW 

Former Suffolk Resident, Victim of Hold-Up, Dies Of Wounds At Norfolk Hospital 

  Funeral services for William H. Herrick, 74, who died at a Norfolk hospital 
at 2 p.m. yesterday of wounds inflicted when he resisted a hold-up on the 
evening of December 21, will be held at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home 
of I.O. Hill & Co., where the body was brought early last night. 

  Dr. John G. Truitt will conduct the rites.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill 
cemetery. 

  Mr. Herrick, long a resident of Suffolk where he was engaged in the 
livestock trade and maintained a stable of racing horses, was shot by two 
young men when he reached for his pistol to defend himself from their robbery 
attempt.  He was accompanied at the time by his employee, J.T. Murden.  The 
shooting occurred on East Coley road. 

  Mr. Herrick's death was attributed to bloodpoisoning.  He had failed to 
rally after being given blood transfusions Friday. 

  His assailants have not been apprehended. 

  Mr. Herrick was one of the most widely-traveled residents of Suffolk.  He 
interspersed his years with travels to the Pacific coast, to all parts of the 
United States and to foreign countries. 

  Mr. Herrick was born at Kempsville, Princess Anne county, and was the son 
of the late William Ivey Herrick and Ellen Milburn Herrick.  Surviving him 
are his widow, Mrs. Cora Redd Herrick, of Suffolk; two sons, L.H. Herrick, 
of Norfolk, and Arthur L. Herrick, of Suffolk; a grand-daughter, Miss Lavelle 
Herrick, of Suffolk; and a sister, Mrs. S.J. Proscher, of Norfolk. 


William Henry HERRICK, fish merchant, former livestock dealer, 
b. 12 Dec 1868, Kempsville, Princess Anne Co., d. 5 Jan 1938, Norfolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 54*), Suffolk, 7 Jan 1938, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 15, No. 245, Thurs., Jan. 6, 1938, 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_g.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - & one of his family stone 
   - added by Hixburg23958 - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #136389343. 

D.Cert. 247 (Norfolk #26) 


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