Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drewry, John J., 1966 

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JOHN JUNIUS DREWRY

   COURTLAND - A funeral service for John J. Drewry was conducted Friday 
at 4 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, by the Rev. 
C.L. Gatlin of Sedley Baptist Church and the Rev. Robert Smith of Courtland 
Baptist Church.  Burial was in Riverside Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Aggie Joyner, Harwood Babb, Ben Babb, David Kitchen, 
B.H. Ward, Rainey Hundley, Edward Bond Sr., and F.F. Powell.

   Drewry, 53, died Wednesday in a Richmond hospital after a brief illness.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Gladys Cutchin* Drewry and a son of John B. 
and Mrs. Lottie Munford Drewry.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a member of Sedley Baptist Church. 
Manry Hunt Club, and American Legion.  He was a World War II veteran.

   Besides his widow, surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Janet Cooke of 
Ahoskie, N.C., and Miss Diane Drewry of Courtland; a stepson, George Story 
Jr.; three sisters, Miss Ruth Drewry of Sedley, Mrs. D.A. Giarmono of 
Portsmouth, and Mrs. L.H. Holland of Courtland; two brothers, Benjamin H. 
Drewry of Norfolk and Charlie Drewry of Franklin; and four grandchildren.


John Junius DREWRY, WW-II veteran, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 15 Jun 1966, Richmond, age 53, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 40A**), Courtland, 
   17 Jun 1966, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 20, 1966, p. 6 

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

His parents are buried in Rosemont Cem., Sedley. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Rosemont list (S-23): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

*His widow's maiden name should read Cutchins, not Cutchin. 
   Her obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," July 24, 1973, p. 44) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d660g1ob.txt 

   

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