Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drewry, William E., 1966 

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WILLIAM EDWARD DREWRY

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service was conducted for William E. Drewry, Sunday at 
5:30 p.m. in Black Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. C.L. Gatling.  Burial was 
in the church cemetery with W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home in charge.

   Pallbearers were Haywood Lowe, Edwin Joyner, Alvin Munford, Elliott Story, 
Lester Butler, Vinson Broda and James Drewry.

   Drewry, 69, died Friday afternoon in a hospital.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Robert and Mrs. Ellen 
Mumford Drewry and the husband of Mrs. Gladys Smith Drewry.

   He was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Boyd Barrett of 
Franklin; two sons, W. Edward Drewry Jr. of Portsmouth and Donald Wayne Drewry 
of Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. Mamie Lowe of Zuni and Mrs. Mabel Lowe of Ivor; 
six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.


William Edward DREWRY, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 20 May 1966, age 69, 
interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery*, 22 May 1966, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 26, 1966, p. 6 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Black Creek list (BC-12): 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

Additional information: 

William's mother Ida Ellen HATFIELD 1m. James M. MUMFORD/MUNFORD: 

James B. Mumford, 22, Single, b. & res. Isle of Wight Co., 
   sn/o Benj. & Martha Mumford, Farmer 
Ellen Hatfield, 22, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o Wm. & Nancy Hatfield 
m.lic. 21 Jan 1884, by clerk J.B. Prince 
m. 30 Jan 1884 at the Residence near Bower's, Southampton, by Miles S. Read 
(Southampton Co. MB5:237) 

Robt. E. Drewry, 26, widowed [sic], b. & res. Southampton, 
   sn/o Robt. & Martha J. Drewry, Farmer 
Ellen Mumford, 26, Single [sic], b. & res. Southampton, 
   dt/o Wm. & Nancy Hatfield 
m.lic. 22 May 1889 by clerk B.F. McLemore 
m. 23 May 1889 Southampton [not returned by minister] 
(Southampton Co. MB6:508) 

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and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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