Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Grizzard, William T., 1940 

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WILLIAM THOMAS GRIZZARD

BURNING GRASS, W.T. GRIZZARD IS VICTIM OF HEART ATTACK

   W.T. Grizzard, 71, retired merchant of Branchville, died Monday afternoon, 
apparently the victim of heart attack, while he was burning off grass in a 
garden plot back of his house.  A passing Negro saw the flames burning with no 
one appearing to be watching and went to the fire, finding Mr. Grizzard lying 
prostrate with his clothes burned off and his body deeply burned.

   Dr. J.J. Grizzard of Branchville, his nephew, was called and attributed the 
death to heart attack.  Mr. Grizzard had had a similar accident about a year 
ago, being seen when he fell and carried to safety and revived.  His wife, Mrs. 
Bettie Vick Grizzard, did not know her husband was burning the grass when the 
attack came.  He was found lying on his back with his hands across his chest, 
as if he had made no struggle against the fire, and this was thought to confirm 
the fact that he died from heart attack rather than from burns.

   Besides his wife Mr. Grizzard is survived by a daughter, Miss Elizabeth 
Grizzard, and two brothers, Percy Grizzard of Winston-Salem, N.C., and J.H. 
Grizzard of Pope.  Services were conducted at the grave in Branchville Cemetery 
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock by the Rev. F.B. Handley of Boykins and 
Branchville Baptist churches, his pastor.  Music was rendered by the 
Branchville Baptist Church Choir, and Mrs. H.M. Purviance sang "Hold Thou My 
Hand."  Pallbearers were L.O. Tyler, G.E. Tyler, Richard Vick, William Vick, 
E.R. Vick and Aubrey Woodard. A large attendance and many beautiful floral 
tributes attested to the esteem in which Mr. Grizzard was held in Branchville 
and elsewhere.


[William Thomas GRIZZARD, retired merchant of Branchville, 
 d. 11 Mar 1940, at home, age 71, 
 interred in Branchville Cemetery*, 12 Mar 1940, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 15, 1940] 

[*Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, 
     Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. VII (VII-7): 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt] 

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