Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drewry, Joseph H., 1940 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOSEPH HENRY DREWRY Joseph Henry Drewry, aged 90, a retired farmer of the Sedley community, died Sunday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. E.J. Simms*, after a long illness. Mr. Drewry was the son of the late Joseph Henry and Sally Rollings Drewry of this county. He was first married to Indiana Johnson, who died many years ago, and in 1892** married Miss Missouri Wellons, who died seven years ago. Mr. Drewry is survived by five daughters, Mrs. L.F. Deal of Boykins, Mrs. John Bush of Norfolk, Mrs. Simms of Sedley, Misses Mary and Sally Drewry of Norfolk; three sons, C.W. Drewry of Norfolk, E.G. Drewry of Emporia, and R.R. Drewry of Sedley; 17 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and a great-great- grandchild. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the residence of Mrs. Simms, conducted by the Rev. W.W. Beasley of Courtland Methodist Church. Interment was in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. Pallbearers were J.A. Alexander, J.S. Collier, B.H. Ward, Jr., Charlie Kitchen, Thos. Hundley and H.R. Travis. [Joseph Henry DREWRY, of Sedley, retired farmer, d. 2 Jun 1940, at daughter's home, Sedley, age 90, interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 3 Jun 1940, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 7, 1940, p. 8] [*Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, Rosemont list (S-23): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt Daughter Estelle & her husband Edward J. SIMMS are also buried there (S-60).] Additional information: 1m: Joseph H. Drewry, 26, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., sn/o Joe & Sally Drewry, Farmer Indianna V. Johnson, 21, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., dt/o Nathan & Barbary Johnson m.lic. 1 Dec 1876, by clerk L.R. Edwards; certificate signed by Joseph H. Drewry (X his mark) m. 3 Dec 1876, at Johnson's Grove, in Southampton County, by John T. Kitchen (Southampton MB6:67) **error in text of obit- 2m. 1893 Joseph H. Drewry, 40, w, So.Co., So.Co., s/o Joseph H. and Sallie Rollings Drewry, Farmer 02-21-1893 Southampton Co. by Rev. M.W. Butler M.D. Wellons, 19, s, So.Co., So.Co., d/o Simon and Nancy M. Hedgepeth Wellons (Southampton MB7:582 - http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb07pt.txt) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d660j3ob.txt