Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Riddick, John K., 1955 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Rites Held Monday For John K. Riddick Funeral services for John K. Riddick, who died Saturday, were conducted at the R.W. Baker and Company Funeral Home yesterday at 3 p.m. by the Rev. B.A. Riddle, pastor of the Western Branch Baptist Church, the Rev. J. Sidney Cobb, and the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of the Bethlehem Christian Church. Mr. John Henry Powell gave an organ solo, "In The Garden," and "O Love That Will Not Let Go." Reverend Brittle read "Crossing the Bar." The pall was of red roses and white carnations. Active pallbearers were J.S. Horton, Harvey Brown, H.G. Presson, E.P. Bradshaw, C.P. Savage, A.R. Baggett. John Henry Powell, Christie Eley, Robert Jones, Durwood Butler. Burial was in Western Branch Church Cemetery. John Knight RIDDICK, of Windsor, farmer, b. 5 Jul 1910, Suffolk, d. 3 Dec 1955, Richmond, interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 3, Lot 1*), 5 Dec 1955, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 33, No. 278, Tues., Dec. 6, 1955, p. 3 *Additional information: Western Branch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt A photo of his gravestone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #171123147. D.Cert. 27735 (Richmond #3090) His parents, Wallace Council [Sr.] & Grace (PRITCHARD) RIDDICK, are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block I, Lot 53. Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r320j11o.txt