Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Riddick, Willis S., 1941 

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WILLIS SMITH RIDDICK

   Suffolk, Dec. 6 - Willis Smith Riddick, 53, one of Suffolk's leading 
citizens and member of one of the city's and county's pioneer families, died 
this afternoon at 3:45 o'clock at his home on Bank Street after several 
months' failing health. 

   He was the son of Mrs. Georgia Ferguson Riddick, who survives him, and 
the late John Ballentine Riddick, and was a lineal descendant of Col. Lemuel 
Riddick, who founded Suffolk 200 years ago.

   Mr. Riddick was widely known, especially in business circles interested 
in the lumber business, and at the time of his death was a member of the 
Farmville-Woodward Lumber Corporation, and was formerly associated with the 
Montgomery Lumber Company.

   He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and was a Shriner and a 
member of Khedive Temple in Norfolk and also of Suffolk B.P.O Elks.

   Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Ollie Liverman Riddick; a son, Lieut. 
Willis S. Riddick, IV, now stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., who was with his 
father at the time of his death, and his mother, Mrs. Georgia Ferguson 
Riddick. 

   Funeral services will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Monday 
afternoon, the hour having not yet been determined, and burial will be in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery.


Willis Smith RIDDICK, lumber mill vice-president, 
Suffolk native, d. 6 Dec 1941, at home, Suffolk, age 53, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 123*), Suffolk, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*His parents are buried in Block C, Lot 33. 
   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 widow's (donated, 1967) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r320o1ob.txt 


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

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r320w1ob.txt