Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drewry, William Henry Sr., 1957 

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WILLIAM HENRY DREWRY, SR. 

W.H. DREWRY, SR. DIES SUDDENLY

   Funeral services for William Henry Drewry, Sr., 72, Franklin merchant who 
died suddenly Tuesday afternoon, October 22, at the residence on Lee Street, 
will be conducted tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 2 o'clock from the chapel of 
W.J.M. Holland and Sons. 

   Rev. Tucker G. Humphries, pastor of the Congregational Christian Church, 
will officiate. Interment will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Serving as 
pallbearers will be Harold S. Atkinson, Samuel Bradshaw, J. Letcher Eley, H.B. 
McLemore, Jr., J. Edward Moyler, Sr. Clarence B. Owen, John E. Ray, 3rd, and 
Robert W. Stephenson. 

   Mr. Drewry was president of the Franklin Frozen Foods Corporation, a 
position he had held for several years.  Prior to that he operated a 
successful grocery business in Franklin, first on Second Avenue and later on 
Main Street, winning the confidence and high esteem of all who dealt with him. 
He was a member of the Congregational Christian Church. 

   A native of Sussex County, Mr. Drewry was the husband of Mrs. Lutie Branch 
Drewry and the son of the late James Augustus and Mrs. Martha West Drewry*. 
Graduating from old Smithdeal Business College in Richmond, he was at one time 
assistant cashier of the Bank of Sussex and Surry in Wakefield.  He was 
promoted to cashier of the branch bank in Ivor, where he served nine years; 
and from 1918 to 1930 he was cashier of the Bank of Sedley.  When the bank 
closed during the Depression Mr. Drewry went into the grocery business in 
Sedley, remaining there until 1942, when he moved to Franklin. 

   Besides his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth 
Butterworth of Warwick, Mrs. Virginia Lyon of Newport News, and Mrs. Jean 
Williams of Franklin; six sons, William H. Drewry, Jr., and Richard T. Drewry 
of Franklin, J. West Drewry of Newport News, Forrest B. Drewry of Houston, 
Tex., and N. Wayne Drewry and James A. Drewry of Shreveport, La.; 13 
grandchildren; and 10 niece and nephews. 


William Henry DREWRY, Sr., Franklin grocer, 
formerly of Wakefield, Ivor & Sedley, 
Sussex Co. native, d. 22 Oct 1957, at home, Franklin, age 72, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 118**), Franklin, 
   25 Oct 1957, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 24, 1957, Sect. I, p. 1  

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," May 27, 1982, p. 12A) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d660l3ob.txt 

*father's name incorrect!  son of Gilbert Augustus & Martha Louise (WEST) 
   DREWRY, buried at Spring Hill Christian Church, Sussex Co. 
   His Death Certificate (#26113) also gives "James" in error; the informant 
   was his widow. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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