Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drewry, Eunice Griffin, 1922 

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EUNICE GRIFFIN DREWRY

MRS. EUNICE DREWRY

   Mrs. Eunice Griffin Drewry, the young wife of Reginald Drewry, died Monday, 
May 22, at 5:30 a.m., in the home of Mr. Drewry’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.S. 
Drewry.  No one could be more greatly missed in the community than she.  She 
was 20 years of age and was a consistent member of Black Creek Baptist Church. 
She was leader of Group No. 4 for the B.Y.P.U. and a valuable Y.W.A. worker 
in the church.  Mrs. Drewry had been married only five months.  She was a 
woman of quiet, unobtrusive nature and upright character and always had a 
sunny smile for everyone she met.

   She leaves to mourn their loss a devoted husband, Reginald Drewry, mother 
and father, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Griffin, four sisters, Mrs. Hunter Blythe, Mrs. 
B. Edwards, Mrs. I.L. Carter and Miss Odell Griffin, three brothers, Hunter, 
Burnley and Floyd Griffin, besides many other relatives and a host of friends.

   The high esteem in which she was held was attested by the great number of 
people who attended her funeral and the abundance of floral designs given by 
her friends. The funeral was held Tuesday at 2:30 o’clock p.m. by her pastor, 
Rev. C.L. Eubank, in the home of J.S. Drewry, after which the body was laid to 
rest in the family cemetery to await the resurrection morn.

   The active pallbearers were Edgar Aurelius and Julian Drewry, Livy and 
Burnley Griffin and Hunter Blythe; honorary, Dr. R.L. Raiford, G.W. West, H.T. 
Councill, E.A. Councill, H.E. Joyner, J.K. Wade, L.T. West, W.D. Camp, M.C. 
Hatfield, J.T. Pond, Jr., L.E. Beale, J.J. Camp, W.M. Pittman, J.L. Doughtie, 
L.M. Raiford, Arthur Carr, Moss Turner, Bennie Fallen.


Eunice (GRIFFIN; Mrs. W. Reginald) DREWRY, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 22 May 1922, at in-laws' home, age 20, 
interred in family cemetery*, 23 May 1922, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), ca. May 26, 1922, p. 6 

*Apparently unmarked, Eunice has been added to GRIFFIN family cemetery on 
   Black Creek Rd. at Burdette Rd., where her parents & siblings are buried. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-34): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

Her marriage records: 

WILLIE REGINALD DREWRY, 23, S, SO.CO., FRANKLIN, SO.CO., VA., FARMER, 
   S/O JAMES SAMUEL AND MARTHA "MATTIE" LOUISE EDWARDS DREWRY 
M. 12-17-1921 SOUTHAMPTON CO., VA. BY REV. CYRUS L. EUBANK 
EUNICE IRENE GRIFFIN, 19, SO.CO., FRANKLIN, SO.CO., VA., 
   D/O WILLIAM HENRY AND INDIANNA HATFIELD GRIFFIN 
(Southampton Co. MB18:471; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

252. m. 12/27/1921, So.ampton, by Cyrus L. Eubank 
Willie Reynold Drewry, 23, single, b. Southampton Co., res. Franklin, Va., 
   sn/o J.S. & Mattie Drewry, Farmer 
Eunice Irene Griffin, 19, single, b. Southampton Co., res. Franklin, Va., 
   dt/o W.H. & India Griffin 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}); file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb18pt.txt 

Her husband (1898 - 11/25/1945) remarried, to Mildred Frances BEALE. 
   They appear in the 1940 Census (Jerusalem Dist. {#88-20}, Southampton Co.) 
   on the Unity-Black Creek Road (Farm #82).  Reginald d. 25 Nov 1945, and 
   was buried near Burdette. 
   (D.Cert. 28408 {"put in delayed"; signed by Dr. 3/8/1946}, 
    & un-numbered copy, "original Cert. lost.") 

Mildred was the daughter of Livius H. BEALE (buried MV-II-3) and his wife 
   Dora Mildred (CARR; 2m. BLYTHE; buried Rosemont Cem., Sedley).  Mildred 
   2m. 19 Nov 1925 widower Percy A. WHITLEY; they are buried in Beaverdam 
   Baptist Church Cemetery, between Franklin and Carrsville. (BD-79) 


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

file at: 
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