Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Britt, Walter G., 1965 

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WALTER G. BRITT

   IVOR - Walter G. Britt died in his home Saturday night.  He was a retired 
farmer and a member of the Tucker Swamp Baptist Church.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of N.B.* and Mrs. Victoria 
Horne Britt.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Bailey Britt; four sons, Gurnie D. 
Britt, Narvie F. Britt and Dempsie R. Britt of Ivor and Walter Junius Britt 
of Courtland; three daughters, Mrs. Leonard Atkinson, Mrs. Fenton Goodrich 
and Mrs. Ernest Turner of Ivor; and 12 grandchildren.

   A funeral service was held Monday at 4 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Home in 
Wakefield.  Burial was in Ivor Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were John T. Faircloth Jr., Ernest Pittman, Thomas Pulley, 
Robert Pulley, N.C. Boykins, Robert Rawls, Dr. Kress and George Carr.

Walter G. BRITT, retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 3 Jul 1965, at home, 
interred in Ivor Cemetery**, 5 Jul 1965, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 8, 1965, p. 2 

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

Additional information: 

*Typo "N.D." corrected - father's name was Napoleon Bonaparte "Boney" BRITT 

His parents, "Boney" & "Vicky" (HORNE) BRITT, are buried in a BRITT family 
   cemetery behind Tucker Swamp Church, off New Rd. (Rt. 622). 
   [see Find a Grave Mem. #127123114 & #127123709] 

Walter owned the farm in the 1940 Census, & his bro Percy rented next door. 

His widow's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Feb. 7, 1976, p. 32) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630r12o.txt 


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