Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Abbitt, Annie B. Pretlow, 1968 

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ANN BUTLER PRETLOW ABBITT

   FRANKLIN - A graveside funeral service for Mrs. Annie B. Abbitt was 
conducted Friday at 11 a.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. Robert E. 
Davis.  W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home was in charge.

   Pallbearers were John David Abbitt III, Joshua Pretlow, Pretlow Darden, 
Robert A. Pretlow, Sidney F. Polland and William T. Woodley III.

   Mrs. Abbitt, 89, the widow of John D. Abbitt, died Wednesday night in 
Hillcrest Nursing Home, Suffolk.

   A native of Southampton County, she was a daughter of Joshua and Mrs. 
Ann Elizabeth Butler Pretlow.

   She was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

   Surviving are a daughter of Mrs. Francis H. Kales of York, Pa.; two sons, 
William Henry Abbitt of Richmond and John D. Abbitt Jr. of Franklin; and six 
grandchildren.


Annie Butler (PRETLOW; Mrs. John D.) ABBITT, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 19 May 1968, Suffolk, age 89, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 90B*), Franklin, 
   22 May 1968, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 20, 1968, p. 7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Her parents are b. in the PRETLOW family cemetery, "Beechwood" platation 
   (renamed "Jerico"), near Sedley. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-46): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 24 1922, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/a130j1ob.txt 

Their marriage record- 

JOHN DAVID ABBITT, 44, W, APPOMATTOX CO., VA. SO.CO., CASHIER, 
   S/O DR. WILLIAM HENRY AND SARAH FRANCES PLUNKETT ABBITT 
M. 06-23-1909 FRANKLIN, SO.CO., VA. BY REV. CHARLES A. WOODSON 
ANNIE BUTLER PRETLOW, 31, S, SO.CO., SO.CO., 
   D/O JOSHUA AND ANNIE ELIZABETH BUTLER PRETLOW 
(Southampton Co. MB13:457; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb13pt.txt) 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/a130a1ob.txt