Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drewry, James L., 1980 

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JAMES LEE DREWRY

   James Lee Drewry, age 75, a retired farmer of Drewryville, Va., died 
May 5, 1980 at community Memorial Hospital, South Hill, Va.  He was born 
March 28, 1905, the son of the late David B. Drewry, M.D. and Bessie Crews 
Drewry Leigh.  He was the widower of the late Sarah Elizabeth Joyner Drewry. 
He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Mamie Leigh Nottingham of Norfolk; one 
niece, Mrs. Betsy Nottingham Mendelson of Salisbury, Mass.; three nephews, 
Burton L. Drewry of South Hill, Dr. David B. Drewry of Petersburg, and John 
E. Nottingham IV of Alexandria; four great-nieces; five great-nephews. 
Graveside services 3 p.m. Wednesday at Drewryville, Va.  The family will 
receive friends at the residence in Drewryville after 5 p.m. Tuesday.  The 
family requests that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the Capron 
Rescue Squad, the Virginia Chapter of the Heart or Cancer Fund, or to the 
Drewryville Methodist Church.  Echols Funeral Home, Emporia, Va., in charge 
of arrangements.


James Lee DREWRY, of Drewryville, retired farmer, 
b. 28 Mar 1905, Southampton Co., d. 5 May 1980, South Hill, 
interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 
   6 May 1980, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," May 6, 1980, p. 20 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Drewryville list (D-5; ma 2m. V.R. LEIGH, D-19): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

His father is buried with his 1st wife (sis/o 2d) in a DREWRY family cemetery, 
   "Cedar Grove," Drewryville.  SCHS Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 6 (VI-5): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.txt 

His wife's obit (("Tidewater News," Sep. 27, 1962, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d660s4ob.txt 

His mother remarried 15 Nov 1911 to Vernon R. LEIGH (So.Co. MB14:392). 
   Her obit ("Tidewater News," May 1, 1958, Sect. I, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l000b1ob.txt 


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