Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Withers, Missouri T. Riddick, 1924 

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    MRS. WITHERS DIES 

Suffolk Woman Was Well Known in Tidewater Virginia 

  Suffolk, May 26. - Mrs. Missouri Taylor Withers, widow of Austin Chinn 
Withers and daughter of the late Nathaniel Riddick and Mrs. Missouri A. 
Riddick, died tonight at 7 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.H. 
Darden, in College Court, after a long illness. 

  Mrs. Withers was born in Suffolk in 1848 at the old family home and 
practically spent her long and useful life in this city.  She is survived by 
one son, John Thornton Withers; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Woolford and Mrs. 
W.H. Darden; a sister, Miss Anna Mary Riddick, and 20 grandchildren.  She was 
a member of St. Paul's P.E. Church, a member of the Daughters of the 
Confederacy, a member of the United Workers' Circle of King's Daughters and of 
various church organizations. 

  Mrs. Withers was connected by birth and marriage with a large number of the 
oldest and most prominent families in this section. 

  The funeral will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at St. Paul's 
Church, by the Rev. A.T. Keynon.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Missouri Taylor "Zouzie" (RIDDICK; Mrs. Austin Chinn) WITHERS, 
b. 4 Aug 1848, Suffolk, d. 26 May 1924, at daughter's home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block E, Lot 28*), Suffolk, 28 May 1924, 
"Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk (VA) Landmark, Vol. 96, No. 57, 
   Tues., May 27, 1924, p. 12 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

Photos of her gravestone - added by Jake Dog - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #88511400. 

D.Cert. 11920 (Suffolk #159) 

Her husband was a Confederate veteran, having served as a courier for 
   Gen. "Stonewall" JACKSON. 

Her parents are buried in the same lot: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

Her father was a judge and delegate.  He built the four-story Greek Revival 
   home known as "Riddick's Folly," used by Federal occupation troops as a 
   headquarters & hospital.  It now houses the Nansemond County Historical 
   Society. 

Her mother's wartime correspondence is cited extensively in Brian Steel Wills' 
   "The War Hits Home" (UVA: 2001).  Zouzie is mentioned twice (pp. 53 & 65). 


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