Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Britt, Jessie E., 1947 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JESSIE E. BRITT Zuni, Nov. 2 - Jessie E. Britt, 68, died in a Roanoke hospital Saturday.  Funeral rites will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Britt family cemetery near Ivor, with the Rev. T.M. Tombs, of Ivor Baptist Church officiating.  Mr. Britt was the husband of the late Mrs. Laura Anne Britt, of Ivor, and is survived by five sons, James and J.E., Jr., both of Zuni; Benjamin F. and Homer J., of Ivor, and T.R. of Wakefield; three daughters, Mrs. Sarah Faison, of Waverly; Mrs. Lucille Griffin, of Petersburg; Mrs. Nannie Edwards, of Smithfield, and 16 grandchildren. ****************************************************************************** Jesse Britt, 68, Of Zuni Was Buried Monday * * * Jessie E. Britt, 68 of Zuni, died at Catawba Sanitarium, Roanoke, at 4 p.m. Saturday. He was the husband of the late Laura Ann Britt, and is survived by five sons, James Britt and J.A. Britt, Jr., both of Zuni; Benjamin F. Britt and Homer J. Britt, both of Ivor, and P.R. Britt, of Wakefield; three daughters, Mrs. Sarah Faison, of Waverly; Mrs. Lucille Griffin, of Petersburg, and Mrs. Nannie Edwards, of Smithfield; 16 grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. The body was taken to the Britt family cemetery, near Ivor, Monday. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Officiating was the Rev. T.N. Tombes, pastor of Ivor Baptist Church. Jesse E. BRITT, Southampton Co. native, d. 1 Nov 1947, Roanoke, age circa 68*, interred in the BRITT-COOK family cemetery (unmarked*), near Ivor, 3 Nov 1947, "The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Nov. 3, 1947; "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 30, No. 22, Nov. 5, 1947, p. 1, col. 6 *Additional information: Likely buried with his brother John B. BRITT; added to list. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 9 (IX-25): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol9.txt He was enumerated in John's household in the 1900 Census- age 19, b. Aug 1881. (Berlin & Ivor Dist., Southampton Co., sheet 2A, Farm #17) That age & birthdate do not agree with the obit or his marriage record- Jesse E. Britt, 21, s, So.Co., So.Co., s/o Jesse E. and Mollie A. Joyner Britt, Farmer m. 12-30-1900 Bride’s parents’ residence by Rev. M.E. Broaddus Laura Johnson, 24, s, So.Co., So.Co., d/o Benjamin F. and "Sallie" Sarah J. Cook Johnson (Southampton Co. MB10:307; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb10pt.txt) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). Additional information from contributor Anne Marie Piland. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630j7ob.txt