Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....High, Oscar J. Jr., 1951 

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OSCAR JENNINGS HIGH, JR.

 Funeral services for Oscar Jennings High, Jr., son of Mrs. Leigh Bradshaw High 
and the late Oscar J. High, Sr., were held Saturday afternoon, September 8, at 
3 o’clock in Grace Memorial Church, Sedley, with Rev. Otis L. Gilliam, pastor, 
officiating. 

 The hymns, "Sometime We’ll Understand" and "Abide With Me," were sung by 
members of the village church choir. As a duet, "The Old Rugged Cross: was sung 
by Miss Ethel Fenimore and Mrs. J. D. Owen, with Mrs. B. F. Hancock, Jr., as 
accompanist. 

 Mr. High was born in Sedley on July 18, 1912, and made his home there until 
the last three years, during which he resided in the home of Mrs. Ethel B. 
Galbraith of Bracey, dying suddenly there on September 5. 

 He graduated from Courtland High School with the class of 1930, and later 
attended the University of Virginia. He served in World War II with the Navy 
Sea Bees in the Philippine Islands. He was a member of Grace Memorial Methodist 
Church and of Southampton Masonic Lodge No. 68 at Courtland. 

 Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Leigh Bradshaw High of Central Hill; two 
sisters, Mrs. R. E. Vellines of Charlotte, N.C., and Mrs. J. N. Hale of 
Courtland; and one brother, Pvt. Hugh V. High, USA, of Camp Campbell, Ky. 

 Active pallbearers were Edwin Bradshaw, A. G. Bradshaw, W. D. Joyner, Jr., 
C. P. Edwards, Jr., W. B. Hancock and H. S. Hancock, Sr.  Friends of the family 
were honorary bearers. Interment was made in Rosemont Cemetery with Masonic 
rites. 

 A very large number of relatives and friends attended the service, among those 
present being former residents of the village and schoolmates of the deceased. 
The floral tributes were many and beautiful. 


[Oscar Jennings HIGH, Jr., 18 Jul 1912, Sedley - 5 Sep 1951, Bracey, 
 bd. Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley, 8 Sep 1951, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 14 Sep 1951] 

[file transcribed by Carol Stevens, 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.]