Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Leigh, Vernon R., 1972 

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VERNON RHODES LEIGH

VERNON R. LEIGH DIES AT AGE OF 89

Vernon Rhodes Leigh, 89, a former member of the Southampton County Board of 
Supervisors, died Wednesday.

Mr. Leigh, a retired merchant and farmer, was a member of the Drewryville 
United Methodist Church.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mamie L. Nottingham of Norfolk; three 
stepsons, James L. Drewry of Drewryville, Burton L. Drewry of South Hill 
and Dr. David B. Drewry of Petersburg; a sister, Mrs. Annie Leigh Hobbs of 
Salisbury, Md.; and a brother, Benjamin B. Leigh of Miami.
A funeral service will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Drewryville Cemetery.


"Vernie" Vernon Rhodes LEIGH, retired merchant & farmer, 
former Co. Supervisor, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 14 Jun 1972, age 89, 
interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 1981, 
   16 Jun 1972, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," June 15, 1972, p. 72 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Drewryville list (D-19): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," May 1, 1958, Sect. I, p. 8), 
   with their marriage records appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l200b2ob.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/l200v1ob.txt