Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lewis, Alvin D., 1986 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ALVIN DIXON LEWIS Alvin Dixon Lewis, age 89 died September 21, 1986. He was the widower of Mattie Grizzard Lewis. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mary Martha McPherson of Roanoke; one son, Alvin Dixon Lewis, Jr. of Othella, Washington; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret L. Creasy and Mrs. Norma L. Stevenson, both of Wilmington, N.C.; ten grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren. Funeral services 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Echols Funeral Home Chapel, Emporia with interment in the Drewryville Cemetery, Drewryville, Va. The family will receive 7-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Alvin Dixon LEWIS, Navy veteran of WW-I, Wilmington, NC native, d. 21 Sep 1986, age 89, interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 24 Sep 1986, "The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Sep. 23, 1986, p. 4 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Drewryville list (D-19): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt Additional information: His marriage record - ALVIN DIXON LEWIS, 27, S, WILMINGTON, N.C., WELDON, N.C., S/O RICHARD CASWELL AND EMMA AIRY WOODCOCK LEWIS, INSURANCE AGENT M. 11-28-1923 BRIDE’S HOUSE, BY REV. R.W. GRIZZARD, BAPTIST MINISTER MATTIE ROSA GRIZZARD, 21, S, SO.CO., DREWRYVILLE, SO.CO., VA., D/O CADER P. AND ADDIE B. POWELL GRIZZARD (Southampton Co. MB19:345; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 217. m. 11/28/1923, So.ampton, by R.W. Grizzard Alvin D. Lewis, 27, single, b. Wilmington, N.C., res. Weldon, N.C., sn/o R.C. & E.A. Lewis, Insurance Agent Mattie Rosa Grizzard, 21, single, b. Southampton Co., res. Drewryville, Va., dt/o C.P. & Addie B. Grizzard* (Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb19pt.txt) 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/l200a1ob.txt