Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hedrick, Henderson T., 1951 

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HENDERSON THATCH HEDRICK 

  Henderson Thatch Hedrick, 77, a former resident of Franklin, died in a 
Norfolk hospital at 4:15 o’clock Sunday morning, September 23, after a brief 
illness.

  A native of Chowan County, N.C., he resided for several years in Franklin, 
where he was connected with the Merchants & Farmers Bank.  He also married a 
Franklin girl, the former Miss Lucy Pretlow, who preceded him to the grave. 
They had son, Henderson T. Hedrick, Jr., who died a few months ago.

  Mr. Hedrick moved with his family to Norfolk in 1908, where he was long 
connected with the Colonna Ship Yard as secretary-treasurer.  He was a member 
of Freemason Street Baptist Church.

  Surviving him is a niece, Mrs. Beulah Spence of Norfolk.

  Funeral services for Mr. Hedrick were conducted at the H.D. Oliver Funeral 
Apartments, Norfolk, on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Dr. Sparks W. 
Melton, pastor of Freemason Street Baptist Church.  Interment was in Forest 
Lawn Cemetery.


Henderson Thatch HEDRICK [Sr.], of Norfolk, retired businessman, 
b. 3 Mar 1874, Chowan Co., NC, d. 23 Sep 1951, Norfolk, 
interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery*, Norfolk, 25 Sep 1951, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 28, 1951 


*Find a Grave Mem. #63893912. 

Birthdate from D.Cert. 19721 (Norfolk #1615). 

His wife's name was actually spelled Lucie.  Her parents, Dr. & Mrs. Thomas J. 
   PRETLOW [II], are buried in "Jerico" ("Beechwood") Cemetery. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-45): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt 


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