Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Grizzard, Olie L., 1956 

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OLIE LEE GRIZZARD

OLIE L. GRIZZARD

   Funeral services for Olie Lee Grizzard, 60, prominent farmer of the Capron 
community were conducted Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Joyner Methodist Church by 
the pastor, Rev. David Willis. 

   Mr. Grizzard, husband of Mrs. Sarah Hall Grizzard, died at his home 
Thursday night, December 13, after an illness of many months. 

   The son of the late William David and Effie Moyler Judkins Grizzard, he was 
a native of Sussex County but moved to Southampton County in his early 
childhood.  He was a member of Joyner Methodist Church. 

   Besides his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lois G. Crafton 
of Richmond, Mrs. Louise G. Martinez of Emporia, and Mrs. Ruth G. Zimmerman 
of Yale; three sons, Robert O. Grizzard, Burton E. Grizzard, and George 
Applewhite Grizzard, all of Capron; five grandchildren; two brothers, J.C. 
Grizzard and T.D. Grizzard, both of Emporia; five sisters, Mrs. Virgie E. 
Starke of Norfolk, Mrs. Lula G. Dunn of Yale, Mrs. Grace G. Avent of Capron, 
Mrs. Fannie G. Barnes of Portsmouth, and Mrs. Effie G. O'Berry of Jarratt; 
and a number of nieces and nephews. 

   Burial was in the family cemetery near Capron, and the active pallbearers 
were Joe Ezell, Dr. J.J. Grizzard, Elmer Weaver, Wilroy Grizzard, John T. 
Wade, Nelson Harrell, Bill Blose and John T. Claud. 


Olie Lee GRIZZARD, farmer, 
Sussex Co. native, d. 13 Dec 1956, at home, Capron, age 60, 
interred in the family cemetery*, near Capron, 13 Dec 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 20, 1956 

*location not known (May 2015) to the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project. 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 9, 1923, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g626w1ob.txt 


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