Southampton-Brunswick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jarratt, Virgie Harris, 1956 

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VIRGINIA HARRIS JARRATT

MRS. VIRGIE H. JARRATT

   Mrs. Virgie Harris Jarratt, well-known resident of Drewryville, died Sunday 
afternoon, July 29, in a Richmond hospital after an illness of many months. 

   She was the widow of W.L. Jarratt, Sr., and the daughter of the late Pony 
and Sallie Holloway Harris of Brunswick County.  She was a member of Adams 
Grove Baptist Church. 

   Surviving her are four sons, Waverly R., John H. and Leonard, Jr. all of 
Drewryville, and William N. Jarratt of Richmond; four daughters, Mrs. Percy 
Joyner of Adams Grove and Mrs. Doyle Shealy, Mrs. Lewis Wajciewchowski and 
Mrs. William Carter, all of Richmond; 15 grandchildren and one great-
grandchild; one brother, Ralph Harris of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.; three sisters, 
Mrs. Watson Witt of Roanoke, Mrs. Rosa Livesay of Roanoke Rapids, N.C. and 
Mrs. Belle Childs of Chester, and a number of nieces and nephews. 

   Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at the 
graveside in Drewryville Cemetery by Rev. William W. Stennett, pastor of 
Thomas Memorial Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. David Willis, pastor of the 
Capron and Drewryville Methodist churches. 

   Active pallbearers were Arthur, Walter, James and Ben Gaskins, Jack Livesay 
and Jake Rentz. 

Note: Original gave spelling JARRETT, throughout. 

Virginia "Virgie" (HARRIS; Mrs. Waverly L. Sr.) JARRATT, of Drewryville, 
Brunswick Co. native, d. 29 Jul 1956, Richmond, 
interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 
   31 Jul 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 2, 1956, Sect. I, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Drewryville list (D-16): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 23, 1953, p. 12) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j630l3ob.txt 


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