Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Myrick, W. Theodore, 1974 

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WILLIAM THEODORE MYRICK

W.T. MYRICK, 75, RETIRED SUFFOLK REVENUE CHIEF

   Suffolk - William Theodore Myrick, 75, retired Suffolk commissioner of 
revenue, died Tuesday in Louise Obici Memorial hospital.

   Myrick, a teacher at Maury High School in Norfolk for many years, was 
elected commissioner in 1945 and served in that post without opposition until 
his retirement because of ill health in 1971.

   A native of Suffolk, he was a son of A.R. and Mrs. Anna Myrick.  He 
graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1917 with a degree in 
engineering and served in the Army during World War I as a second lieutenant.

   He was a trustee, member of the administrative board and church school 
teacher at Main Street United Methodist Church.

   He was active for some years in area Boy Scout work.  He was a past 
president of the Suffolk Lions Club.

   He is survived by a brother, E. Britt Myrick of Phoenix. Ariz.

   A funeral service will be conducted today at noon in Cedar Hill Cemetery 
by the Rev. Kenneth Whetzel of Main Street United Methodist Church.

   The funeral procession will leave R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home at 11:45 
a.m. for the cemetery.


William Theodore MYRICK, retired Suffolk commissioner of revenue, 
veteran of WW-I, 
Suffolk native, d. 1 Jan 1974, Suffolk, age 75, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 24*), Suffolk, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*His parents are buried in the same lot. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt 

His mother's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Apr. 14, 1960) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/m620a1ob.txt 


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