Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Grizzard, Ryland H. Sr., 1982 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ RYLAND HENRY GRIZZARD COURTLAND - A funeral service for Ryland Henry Grizzard Sr., 71, was held Friday at 2 p.m. in Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, by the Rev. Richard L. McNutt. Burial was in Southampton Memorial Park. Pallbearers were James W. Brinkley Jr., Morris H. Glover, C. Carry Adams Jr., Bobby Manry, George Kitchen, and Boyd Quate. Grizzard died Wednesday in a hospital. A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Pearl Smith Grizzard. He was a retired supervisor of transportation for Southampton County public schools. He was a charter member and past chief of the Courtland Volunteer Fire Department. Other survivors include two daughters, Priscilla S. Adams of Suffolk and Lois G. Bivens of Burlington, N.C.; two sons, Ryland Henry Grizzard Jr. of Chesapeake and Terry Lynn Grizzard of Courtland; a sister, Lynn Grizzard of Courtland; a sister, Lillian Long of Seaboard, N.C.; two brothers, Charles A. (Buck) Grizzard and Lyonel A. Grizzard of Suffolk; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Ryland Henry GRIZZARD, Sr., retired school transportation supervisor, Southampton Co. native, d. 10 Feb 1982, Suffolk, age 71, interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Masonic I, Plot 64*), 12 Feb 1982, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 15, 1982, p. 8 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Southampton Memorial Park list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g626r4ob.txt