Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Maddrey, Robert S., 1952 

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ROBERT SAMUEL MADDREY

   Robert Samuel Maddrey, 75, a prominent farmer residing in the Sunbeam 
community, died at his home on Friday night, February 22, after a brief illness.

   The deceased was a native of Northampton County, N.C., but had made his home 
in Southampton County for the past 50 years. He was a son of the late Barnes 
Maddrey and Mattie Long Maddrey.

   Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Zoa Lyde Stephenson Maddrey of Handsom; a 
daughter, Mrs. Mattie B. Bowles of Handsom; a son, Karl B. Maddrey of Ettrick; 
two grandchildren: and a sister, Mrs. Mary Darden of Winston-Salem, N.C.

   Funeral services for Mr. Maddrey were held on Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock 
in the Sunbeam Baptist Church, of which the deceased was a member. Rev. R.L. 
Chadwick, pastor of the church, Rev. R.B. Moore, pastor of Mt. Horeb Methodist 
Church, and Rev. Lewis E. Bates, pastor of Colonial Heights Baptist Church, 
officiated.

   Interment was in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, the active pallbearers being 
Joe Davis, James A. Jefferson, David Maddrey, K.B. Maddrey, Jr., Parker Maddrey, 
Franklin Stephenson, Hoard Stephenson, Richard Stephenson and Aubrey Story. 
Honorary pallbearers were friends of the family.


[Robert Samuel MADDREY, 
 Northampton Co., NC native, d. 22 Feb 1952, Sunbeam, age 75, 
 interred in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 29, 1952] 

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