Southampton-Augusta-Greene County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Durrette, Wyatt B., 1970 

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WYATT B. DURRETTE

   A funeral service for Wyatt B. Durrette was conducted at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday 
in the Franklin Baptist Church by Dr. Ira D. Hudgins. Burial was at 2:30 p.m. in 
the family cemetery at Craigsville.  W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home was in 
charge.

   Pallbearers were Ernest Evans, Charles F. Kingery, J.R. Howerton, Joe 
Hamilton, Dr. Robert T. Edwards, Joe Hutt, Paul Camp Marks and Robert C. Ray.

   Durette, 68, of 507 Ryland St., a retired engineer and teacher, died early 
Monday in a Richmond nursing home after a long illness.

   He was the husband of the late Mrs. Beulah Showker Durrette and a son of 
Elijah D. and Mrs. Addie Beazley Durrette.

   A native of Stanardsville, he was educated there and at John Marshall High 
School, Richmond.

   He was a construction superintendent of E.I. Du Pont Nemoirs Co., and later 
for W.H. Scott, Inc., Franklin.

   He worked in 1951 for Union Camp Corp., and retired in 1966.

   After retirement he was on the faculty of Franklin High School until his 
illness.

   He was active in church and community affairs. He was a 32nd degree Mason and 
member of Franklin Lions Club.

   He was a past chairman of the Board of Deacons of Franklin Baptist Church and 
on the board 16 years. He also had taught Sunday school and was a pass 
superintendent and a member of Bruner Bible Class.

   Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Faye D. Parson of Richmond; a son, Wyatt B. 
Durrette Jr. of Vienna; a brother, Davis Durrette of Oakland, Calif.; a sister, 
Mrs. Dolly D. Jarman of Stanardsville; and four grandchildren.


[Wyatt B. DURRETTE (Sr.), retired engineer & teacher, 
 Stanardsville Co. native, d. 26 Jan 1970, Richmond, age 68, 
 buried in the family cemetery, Craigsville, 28 Jan 1970, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 29, 1970] 

[His son Wyatt B. DURRETTE, Jr. served in the House of Delegates, and was the 
 Republican candidate for Attorney General in 1981 and for Governor in 1985.
 
 Biographical sketches of his mother and several members of her family- 
 father, Judge Wyatt S. BEAZLEY, and his bro Dr. Robert BEAZLEY; her sisters 
 Mary B. DURRETTE and Carrie B. CARNEAL; and brother Dr. Wyatt S. BEAZLEY- 
 (from Tyler's "Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography," Vol. V) are posted at 
 the Greene Co. VaGenWeb Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/greene.htm] 

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