Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Manry, Betty, 1937 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ BETTY MANRY Betty Manry, five-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Manry of Courtland, died in a Richmond hospital November 11, after a brief illness. In addition to her parents, she is survived by one sister, Katherine Mayo Manry, a grandmother, Mrs. T.W. Shiflett of Palmyra, Va., and a number of aunts and uncles. Funeral services were conducted at the home last Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. After a brief scripture reading and prayer by Rev. F.P. Davis, pastor of the Courtland Baptist Church, Mrs. Sallie Richardson sang "Safe In The Arms of Jesus." Interment was made in the Mahone Cemetery, Rev. A.W. Roten, pastor of the Courtland Methodist Church, conducting the services at the grave. Active pallbearers were: Charles Shiflett, Railey Shiflett, Pendleton Shiflett, Pendleton Shiflett, Jr., Wilbur Manry and Edward Manry. Betty was a member of the Primary Sunday School class of the Baptist Church, a child with an unusually happy disposition and beloved by all of her friends. During her five years her sunny personality gave happiness to all those around her. [Betty MANRY, d/o Lucius M. & Katherine (SHIFLETT) MANRY, of Courtland, d. 11 Nov 1937, Richmond, age 5, interred in the MAHONE-MANRY family cemetery*, Courtland, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 19, 1937] [*located atop a small hill just off Linden St., Courtland. Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-28): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt] Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) and Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m560b1ob.txt