Southampton County-Virginia Beach-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....McClenny, Letcher C., 1970 

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LETCHER CONWAY McCLENNY 

Letcher C. McClenny, 71, Dairyman and Horseman 

Virginia Beach - Letcher Conway McClenny, 71, of 22 Outer Drive, a retired 
dairyman and horseman widely known in Tidewater and Maryland, died Wednesday 
at 1:35 a.m. in a hospital.  A native of Franklin, he lived in the Norfolk 
and Virginia Beach area 28 years.  He was the husband of Mrs. Antoinette 
Cotton McClenny and a son of Montrose Graham and Mrs. Leora Johnson McClenny. 
He retired in 1953 from the diary business in which he had been active since 
a young man.  He was a founder and a charter member of the Norfolk Milk 
Producers Association.  He participated in horse shows in Tidewater and in 
harness racing in Maryland and surrounding states 29 years.  Besides his 
widow, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Marjorie M. Curtis, Mrs. 
Mildred S. Salter and Mrs. Virginia M. Page of Virgina Beach; three sons, L. 
Cotton McClenny and Gordon McClenny of Virginia Beach and W. Conway McClenny 
of Norfolk; two sisters, Mrs. J. Richard Lawrence of Franklin and Mrs. John 
R. Peele of Lewiston, N.C.; 18 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. 
A funeral service will be conducted in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian 
River Road, Friday at 2 p.m.  Burial will be in Rosewood Memorial Park.  The 
family will be at the home of L. Cotton McClenny of 1437 Kempsville Road.


Letcher Conway McCLENNY, dairyman & horseman, 
b. 26 Jul 1899, Franklin, d. 21 Oct 1970, Virginia Beach, 
interred in Rosewood Memorial Park*, Virginia Beach, 23 Oct 1970, 
"The Virginian-Pilot," (Norfolk, VA), Oct. 22, 1970 

*Find a Grave Mem. #176593328 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 70-030119. 

His parents are buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin - Sect. 1, Plot 17.  
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 25, 1932, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m245m2ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 18, 1954) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m245l1ob.txt 

Letcher 1m. Eunice Irene COTTON, 4 Dec 1920.  (Southampton Co. MB18:169) 
   Her dress caught fire while she was lighting a stove with kerosene, 
   10 Apr 1931, and she died of her extensive burns the following day. 
   She is buried with her parents & paternal grandparents in the COTTON 
   (COTTEN) family cemetery, across from Sycamore Baptist Church. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-35): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

He 2m. her niece, [Willie] Antoinette COTTON. 


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