Southampton County-Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Murfee, S. Vida, 1942 

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SALLIE VIDA MURFEE

MISS VIDA MURFEE DIES IN PETERSBURG

   PETERSBURG - Miss Vida Murfee, principal of the D.M. Brown School since 
1928, died Wednesday morning at her home here at 415 St. Andrew St.

   Miss Murfee came to Petersburg in 1924 from Norfolk, where she held a 
principal-ship, and taught in schools here until Jan. 31, 1927, when she was 
appointed to the Bolling Junior High School faculty.  The following year she 
was made principal at the D.M. Brown School and held that position until his 
death.  At one time she was supervisor of schools in Augusta County and prior 
to that she taught in Birmingham, Ala.

   Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Rosa C. Murfee, of Richmond; four sisters, 
Mrs. T.B. Ray of Richmond; Mrs. W.R. McPherson, of Norfolk; Mrs. A.W. Marable, 
of Portsmouth, and Mrs. David Hottenstein, of Nashville, Tenn., and two 
brothers, J.A. Murfee, of Norfolk, and E.Q. Murfee, of Drewryville.

   Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the J.T. Morris & Son 
Funeral Home, with burial at 1:30 p.m. in the family cemetery at Drewryville.


Sallie Vida MURFEE, principal of the D.M. Brown School, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 7 Oct 1942, at home, Petersburg, age 53, 
interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 
   9 Oct 1942, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Oct. 9, 1942, p. 10 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Drewryville list (D-21): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Oct. 22, 1960, p. 4) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m620r3ob.txt 


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