Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hitch, James Etheridge, Sr. May 5, 1982
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Virginian-Pilot May 9, 1982
NORFOLK — James Etheridge Hitch, 59, of 1534 Bolling Ave., president of Hitch 
Gravel Corp., died Wednesday in his home. A lifelong resident of Norfolk, he was 
the husband of Ruth S. Hitch.
Hitch, whose company had supplied gravel to road builders in Virginia and North 
Carolina for a number of years, attended Manry and Episcopal high schools. 
During World War II, he was an aerial gunner in the Army Air Corps, flying 13 
missions in B-24 aircraft in the Pacific Theater. He was awarded four bronze 
stars and the Victory Medal.
His hobbies included sailing, hunting and training Labrador retrievers. He was a 
former member of the James River, Maryland and Talbot retriever clubs. He was a 
member of American Legion Post 34 and Christ and St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
Other survivors include a daughter, Virginia Armstrong, and four sons, James E. 
Hitch Jr., Harry S. Hitch, George Edward Schaefer Hitch and John Hitch, of 
Norfolk, and a sister, Frances Ann Brock, and a brother, Arthur (Bootsie) Hitch, 
of Norfolk.
A private funeral was held at noon Saturday by the Rev. James B. Samuel Jr. H.D. 
Oliver Funeral Apartments, Norfolk, had charge of arrangements. Memorial 
donations may be made to the Cot Fund of Christ and St. Luke's Church or to 
Lee's Friends.

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