Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hood, Mary L. Drewry, 1960 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MARY LENA DREWRY HOOD NORFOLK - Mrs. Mary Lena Drewry Hood, 77, widow of John E. Hood and daughter of Samuel B. and Mrs. Roberta Moss Drewry, died in a Norfolk hospital Thursday, July 21, at 2:30 p.m. She is survived by two sons, J. Etheridge Hood and C. Herbert Hood, both of Norfolk; a daughter, Mrs. Mary H. Beahm of Arlington; three sisters, Mrs. B.P. Woodard of Norfolk, Mrs. E.B. Prince of Newsoms and Mrs. J.S. Schneider of Boykins; four brothers, J.D. H. Drewry of Norfolk, J.S. Drewry, H.M. Drewry and J.H. Drewry, all of Boykins and eight grandchildren. Mrs. Hood was a native of Southampton County and had lived in Norfolk for 45 years, residing at 1411 Ashland Circle. She was a member of the First Methodist Church. A funeral service was conducted in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home Sunday at 3 p.m. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers were her nephews; S.E. Pope, Joseph S. Drewry, Jr., George W. Prince, Eppa B. Prince, M.B. Drewry, J.H. Drewry, Jr., Sam B. Drewry and C.W. Vanderberry. [Mary Lena (DREWRY; Mrs. John E.) HOOD, of Norfolk, Southampton Co. native, d. 21 Jul 1960, Norfolk, age 77, interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery*, Norfolk, 24 Jul 1960, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 28, 1960, p. 4] [*Forest Lawn interment list gives the following data: HOOD, JOHN E I50788 NORTHEAST CENTER II, Block S, Space 71 0 01/09/1960 ... HOOD, MARY L I50792 NORTHEAST CENTER II, Block S, Space 72 0 07/21/1960 City Of Norfolk VAGenWeb Archives - Cemeteries: http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/cemeteries/forestlawn/flc09-hio-hoz.html] 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/h300m1ob.txt