Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Oliver, Lucy L. Riddick, 1968 

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MRS. LUCY R. OLIVER 

  Mrs. Lucy Riddick Oliver, 88, a resident of 706 Gittings St, died at 1:30 
a.m. today (Friday) in Norfolk General Hospital. 

  She was the daughter of the late William Sheppard Riddick and Mrs. Sarah 
Welch Riddick [sic*] and was a native of Nansemond County [sic*].  She was the 
widow of Alex W. Oliver III [sic; II]. 

  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Milton D. Chalkley Sr.; two grandsons, 
Dr. Milton D. Chalkley Jr. and Alex W. Oliver IV [sic; III], and two great-
grandchildren. 

  She was a member of Suffolk Christian Church and the Woman's Fellowship. 

  Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in R.W. Baker and Co. 
Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert B. Marr, pastor of the Christian Church. 
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Lucy Lee (RIDDICK; Mrs. "Alex" Alexander Washington II) OLIVER, 
b. 11 Apr 1880, NC, d. 27 Sep 1968, Norfolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 130*), Suffolk, 29 Sep 1968, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 46, No. 234, Fri., Sep. 27, 1968, 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 Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #134393651. 

D.Cert. 68-026688 also gives b. NC, daughter of William Sheppard and Sarah 
   (WELCH) RIDDICK; the informant was Mrs. Milton D. CHALKLEY, Sr. - Lucy's 
   daughter Nina (1901 - 1995). 

Rather, she seems to have been the daughter of William B.S. RIDDICK & his 
   second wife Sarah R. BUSHELL; they m. 17 Dec 1872 in 3rd TWP., Chowan Co., 
   NC.  Sarah relinquished administration of William's estate 22 Sep 1886 in 
   Gates Co., NC, requesting the appointment of T.W. COSTEN as administrator. 

William B.S. RIDDICK was a Confederate veteran, having served in the 6th 
   Battalion, NC Infantry. 


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