Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Riddick, Edwin S., 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ EDWIN SUMNER RIDDICK ENTERED INTO REST Mr. Edward [sic; Edwin] Sumner Riddick, a former Suffolk merchant, who was later in business at Roanoke, Va., died on Wednesday, January 4, 1899, at about 11 o'clock, at the home of his brother-in-law, Mr. R.H. Morgan, on Clay Street. The deceased had been unconscious for several days. He suffered a stroke of paralysis and his mind was also affected. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon, at the Main Street Methodist Church, the pastor, Rev. W.T. Green, officiating. The deceased leaves two sisters - Mrs. R.H. Morgan and Miss Bettie Riddick; a wife, who was Miss Nellie Cutchin, and one son, Sumner, about five years old. Mr. Riddick's first wife was Miss Lucy Faulcon. Edwin Sumner RIDDICK, former Suffolk & Roanoke merchant, d. 4 Jan 1899, Suffolk, age 87, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 36*), Suffolk, donated obit, publication unknown *His parents, Archibald & Margaret E. (SUMNER) RIDDICK, are also buried there. Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r320e1ob.txt