Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......McLemore, Mary W. Pretlow, 1950 

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MARY WILLIS PRETLOW McLEMORE 

Mrs. McLemore to Be Buried Here Tomorrow 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Willis Pretlow McLemore, 75, wife of Judge 
James L. McLemore, who died unexpectedly yesterday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock 
at her home, 221 Pinner Street, will be held tomorrow afternoon at the 
residence. 

  The Rev. R.H. Forrester, pastor of the Main Street Methodist Church, will 
officiate.  Interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Mrs. McLemore was the daughter of the late Dr. Thomas Jefferson Pretlow and 
Mrs. Ann Eliza Massenburg Pretlow of Southampton County.  She has made her 
home in Suffolk for the past 51 years and was prominent in church, civic and 
club activities until her illness 13 years ago. 

  She was a charter member of the Nansemond River Garden Club, an early member 
of the Suffolk Literary Club and of the Suffolk Woman's Club.  She served as 
county chairman of the Nansemond County Liberty Loan Drive in World War I. 
She was a member of the Main Street Methodist Church and took part in the 
planning and building of the present structure. 

  Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Robert Mathews [sic; 
Matthews] of Norfolk; a son, James L. McLemore, Jr., of Suffolk; four 
grandchildren, Misses Mary Willis and Margaret Montgomery Mathews, both of 
Norfolk, James L. McLemore, III, and Elizabeth Warren McLemore, both of 
Suffolk; a sister, Miss Annie M. Pretlow of Suffolk; two nieces and a nephew. 

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MRS. MARY P. McLEMORE 

   Mrs. Mary Willis Pretlow McLemore, 75, wife of Judge James L. McLemore, 
died unexpectedly at 2:45 o'clock Monday afternoon, February 6, at her home 
in Suffolk. 

   Mrs. McLemore was a daughter of the late Dr. Thomas Jefferson Pretlow and 
Mrs. Ann Eliza Massenburg Pretlow of Southampton County.  She had resided in 
Suffolk for 51 years, and was prominent in the civic, church and club life of 
that city until she was beset by ill health 13 years ago. 

   She was a charter member of the Nansemond River Garden Club, and an early 
member of the Suffolk Literary Club and the Woman's Club of Suffolk.  In World 
War I she served as chairman of the Nansemond County Liberty Loan drive.  She 
was a member of the Main Street Methodist Church, and participated in the 
planning and building of the present church edifice. 

   Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Robert Matthews 
of Norfolk; a son, James L. McLemore, Jr. of Suffolk; four grandchildren, Miss 
Mary Willis McLemore Matthews and Miss Margaret Montgomery Matthews of 
Norfolk, and James L. McLemore, 3d, and Miss Elizabeth Warren McLemore of 
Suffolk; a sister, Miss Annie M. Pretlow of Suffolk; and two nieces and a 
nephew. 

   Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the 
residence, with Rev. R.H. Forrester, pastor of Main Street Methodist Church, 
officiating.  Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. 

   Pallbearers were Thomas H. Birdsong, Jr., William H. Birdson, Hall F. 
Birdsong, McLemore Birdsong, Ben M. Birdsong, Bogart Pretlow, Burton McLemore 
and Hennen McLemore.  Honorary pallbearers were friends of the family. 


Mary Willis (PRETLOW; Mrs. James Latinus) McLEMORE, 
b. 9 Feb 1875, Southampton Co., d. 6 Feb 1950, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 81*), Suffolk, 8 Feb 1950, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 26, No. 260, Tues., Feb. 7, 1950, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 45, No. 17, Fri., Feb. 10, 1950, 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_m.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #96283740. 

D.Cert. 3252 (Suffolk #275) 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," "Tidewater News" & donated, 
   Apr. 1954) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m245j2ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in "Jerico" ("Beechwood") Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (MV-III-45): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt 


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