Southampton-Greensville County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Grizzard, Amos P. Sr., 1970 

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AMOS POPE GRIZZARD 

  DREWRYVILLE - A funeral service for Amos Pope Grizzard Sr. was conducted at 
2 p.m. Sunday in Echols Funeral Home, Emporia, by the Rev. William O. Hudson 
and the Rev. Roy Arnold. Burial with Masonic rites was in Greensville Memorial 
Cemetery, Emporia.

   Pallbearers were Edward Grizzard, Franklin Grizzard, John Smith, Charles P. 
Rawls, Wayne Mitchell, Louis Hobbs, FitzHugh Woodard, and Elmer Matthews.

   Grizzard, 52, died Friday in his home.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of John T. and Mrs. Ethel 
Harrison Grizzard and the husband of Mrs. Hazel Faison Grizzard.

   He was a member of Person Methodist Church and a retired guard of 
Southampton Correctional Farm.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Harvell of 
Petersburg; a son, Amos P. Grizzard Jr. of Courtland; a sister, Mrs. A.E. Cobb 
of Drewryville; a brother, Thomas J. Grizzard of Richmond; and two 
grandchildren.


[Amos Pope GRIZZARD, Sr., retired guard of Southampton Correctional Farm, 
 Southampton Co. native, d. 7 Dec 1970, at home, age 83, 
 interred in Greensville Memorial Cemetery, Emporia, 8 Dec 1970, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 17, 1970] 

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