Nansemond County-Suffolk-Hampton City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Riddick, Col. Willis S. Jr., 1999 

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COL. WILLIS SMITH RIDDICK, JR. 

  SUFFOLK - Retired U.S. Army Col. Willis Smith Riddick, Jr., 82, died Jan. 
16, 1999. 

  A native of Suffolk, he was the son of the late Annie Oliver Liverman and 
Willis Smith Riddick, Sr.  Col. Riddick served in the Asiatic theater during 
World War II and received the following commendations; Bronze Star Medal with 
clasp, Army Commendation Ribbon, American Defense Medal, Asiatic Pacific 
Theater Citation with two bronze stars, Victory Medal and the Philippine 
Liberation Medal with two bronze stars.  He also served with the Army of 
Occupation in Austria.  He was a graduate of Suffolk High School, a 1939 
graduate of Virginia Military Institute, a member of the Thomas Nelson Chapter 
of the Sons of the American Revolution and Cedar Point Country Club. 

  Survivors include his wife, Cynthia James Riddick, a native of Old Bay Farm, 
Havre de Grace, Md.; and a son, James Willis Riddick of Greenville, S.C. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Cedar Hill Cemetery by 
the Rev. H. Vance Mann, III.  Memorial donations may be made to the Gen. 
George C. Marshall Memorial Fund in care of Virginia Military Institute in 
Lexington, Va. 24450.  R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home is in charge of 
arrangements. 


Col. Willis Smith RIDDICK, Jr., U.S. Army (retired), WW-II veteran, 
b. 28 May 1916, Suffolk, d. 16 Jan 1999, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 123*), Suffolk, 19 Jan 1999, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA)," Sun., Jan. 17, 1999 

*Additional information: 

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 

Photos of his gravestones & lot - added by Jake Dog - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #66548136. 

His wife's obit appeared in the "Virginian-Pilot" Dec. 16, 2005. 

His father's (donated, 1941) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r320w1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 5, 1967, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r320o1ob.txt 


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