Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Riddick, Louisiana S., 1936 

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LOUISIANA SUMNER RIDDICK 

SUFFOLK'S OLDEST CITIZEN SUCCUMBS AT AGE NINETY-SIX 

MISS LOUISIANA SUMNER RIDDICK DIES SUDDENLY LAST NIGHT IN THE HOME ON BANK 
STREET WHERE SHE WAS BORN IN 1840 

   Suffolk's oldest citizen, Miss Louisiana Sumner Riddick, died suddenly 
last night at her home on North Main Street, in the house in which she was 
born.  She had attained the age of 96 years.

   Funeral services will be conducted at Main Street Methodist Church by the 
Rev. George Wesley Jones, D.D., Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.  Burial will 
be in Cedar Hill cemetery.

   Miss Riddick, born March 21, 1840, was the daughter of Benjamin Riddick, 
one of Suffolk's early mayors, and Mrs. Eliza P. Riddick.  At the death of 
her parents she made her home with her nieces at the family residence.

   She was a member of Main Street Methodist Church for 80 years, and in her 
latter days, often sang church hymns she had memorized when a girl.

   Surviving are four nieces, Mrs. W.T. Myrick, Miss Ellen Riddick, Misses 
Louise and Dora Britt; three nephews, Luther R. Britt, of Norfolk, Benjamin 
R. Britt, of Clarksburg, West Va., and Henry S. Eley, of Suffolk.

   Also six great nephews, Seth and Dr. T. Wood Campbell and W.T. Myrick, of 
Suffolk, Ben R. Britt, Jr., of Clarksburg, West Va.,  Dr. R. Cannon Eley, of 
Boston, Mass., and E. Britt Myrick, of Louisville, Ky.

   Three great nieces, Miss Margaret Britt, of Norfolk, Miss Emily Campbell, 
of Suffolk, and Mrs. Paul Van Valkenburg, of East Orange, N.J., and the 
following great, great nephew and nieces: Frederick Eley, of Boston, Wood 
Van Valkenburg, of East Orange, N.J., Ruth Anne, Grace and Frances Myrick, 
of Clarksburg, West Va., and Brandon Markley, of Norfolk. 


Louisiana Sumner RIDDICK, 
b. 21 Mar 1840, d. 9 Oct 1936, at home (birthplace), Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 24*), Suffolk, 10 Oct 1936, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Her 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 

Her father's (donated, 1892) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r320b1ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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