Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drewry, Paul White, 1951 

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PAUL WHITE DREWRY

   Paul White Drewry, 82, for many years agent of the Southern Railway at 
Capron, died in a Richmond hospital on Saturday night, August 18, after a long 
period of ill health. 

   Mr. Drewry was the husband of Mrs. Susie Barham Drewry of Capron and son of 
the late James David Humphrey and Martha Francis Drewry of Southampton County. 
He was a member of Clarksbury Methodist Church. 

   Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. T.C. Lassiter of 
Windsor, N.C., and Mrs. Helen D. Chappelle of Capron; one son, Brig. Gen. Guy 
H. Drewry of West Hartford, Conn.; six grandchildren; and a number of nieces 
and nephews. 

   Last rites were conducted at the grave in the Capron Cemetery on Monday 
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock by Rev. R.H. Marks.  The active pallbearers were 
Guy H. Drewry, Jr., William P. Drewry, Dr. J.J. Grizzard, T.C. Lassiter, T.D. 
Lassiter, Jr., and L.R. Magee. 


Paul White DREWRY, retired Southern R.R. agent, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 18 Aug 1951, Richmond, age 82, 
interred in Capron Cemetery*, 20 Aug 1951, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 24, 1951 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-10): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," July 23, 1962, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d660s6ob.txt 

His parents are buried in the DREWRY family cemetery, "Cedar Grove," 
   Drewryville - 2d Row, Plots 5 & 5½. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 6 (VI-7): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.txt 

His family appears in the 1900 Census in Boykins Dist. (#56), Southampton Co.- 
   he owned farm #148, and he rented out a portion to his maternal uncle John 
   Wesley FRANCIS, a Confederate veteran. (sheet 14B) 

Uncle John is buried in Person's Church Cemetery, near Adams Grove, 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-56): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt 


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

file at: 
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