Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pretlow, Robert H. III, 1925 

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ROBERT HENLEY PRETLOW 

ROBERT H. PRETLOW DIES IN NEW YORK 

POPULAR MEMBER OF SUFFOLK’S YOUNGER SET IS VICTIM OF SPINAL MENINGITIS 

   Suffolk, July 15 - Robert Henley Pretlow, 23, oldest son of Dr. R.H. 
Pretlow and Mrs. Katherine Holladay Pretlow, of this city, died this morning 
in Schenectady, N.Y., after an illness of Spinal Meningitis of only 24 hours.

   Mr. Pretlow was a graduate of the Suffolk High School and of the Virginia 
Polytechnic  Institute, and was completing his course as an electrical 
engineer at the plant of General Electrical Company.  His mother, Mrs. R.H. 
Pretlow, and his brother, Francis Pretlow, were at his bedside when he died.

   Robert Pretlow was one of the most popular members of the Suffolk younger 
set.  Besides his parents and brother, Mr. Pretlow is survived by a number of 
uncles, aunts and cousins.  Messages form Schenectady advised the family that 
specialists from Albany were called in, but that Mr. Pretlow grew steadily 
worse until the end came this morning.

   The body will be brought to Suffolk.  Funeral arrangements will be made 
later.


Robert Henley PRETLOW, III, 
d. 15 Jul 1925, Schenectady, NY, age 23, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block B, Lot 31*), Suffolk, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), July 16, 1925 

*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_p.txt 

His father's obit ("Virginian-Pilot" & "Ledger Star," Mar. 14, 1955) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/p634r3ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Ledger Star," Oct. 1967) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/p634k1ob.txt 


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