Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kendrick, Barry W., 1970 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ BARRY WAYNE KENDRICK A funeral service for Barry Wayne Kendrick was conducted at 2:30 p.m. Monday in Franklin Baptist Church by Dr. Ira D. Hudgins. Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery with W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were Vaughan Edwards, Robert I. Beale, C.J. Sykes, Elliott Cobb, Williner Drewry, Joe King and Jack Farmer. Barry Kendrick, 8, drowned Saturday near Poplar Spring Cemetery when he fell through thin ice covering a pond while trying to retrieve a basketball. His brother, Donnie 9, also fell through the ice but managed to survive. A native of Franklin, he was the son of Mrs. Eunice B. Kendrick and was a member of Franklin Baptist Church. Besides his mother and brother, he is survived by three sisters, Pam Kendrick, Debbie Kendrick and Dona Kendrick. Barry Wayne KENDRICK, son of Mrs. Eunice B. KENDRICK, Franklin native, drowned 17 Jan 1970, Franklin, age 8, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Plot 87D*), Franklin, 19 Jan 1970, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 22, 1970 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt He was also listed in Joyner's Methodist Church Cemetery. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 7 (VII-36): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt Another child also drowned in this incident- Robert Norman TAYLOR; obit at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t460r2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k536b1ob.txt