Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Priddy, Addie A. Britt, 1929 

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ADDIE BRITT PRIDDY 

   Mrs. Addie B. Priddy, wife of the late Edward D. Priddy, died at the home 
of her daughter, Mrs. M.A. Thomas, near Courtland, Friday, January 25, after 
an illness of several months.  Mrs. Priddy was a native of Southampton County, 
although her early life was spent in Norfolk.  She was the daughter of the 
late Mills A. and Fannie Britt.

   Mrs. Priddy became a member of the Boykins Baptist Church in her early life 
and remained a loyal member until her death.  In 1889 she became the wife of 
Edward D. Priddy and to this union were born three children, all of whom have 
preceded her to the grave with the exception of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas. 
She leaves a brother, Walter H. Britt, of Boykins; two half brothers, George 
Knight, of Boykins, and Charles Knight, of Pennsylvania; one sister, Mrs. J.E. 
Barnhill, of Rocky Mount, N.C., and two half-sisters, Mrs. J.S. Lawrence, of 
Murfreesboro, N.C., and Mrs. J.L. Leavitt, of Portsmouth.

   The funeral services were held from the home of her daughter and at the 
grave Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock by Rev. F.B. Handley, pastor of Boykins 
Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. Kenneth E. Burke, of Courtland.  Interment 
was made in the family plot in Beechwood cemetery, Boykins.  The body bearers 
were W.T. Cobb, M.R. Bryant, N.S. Beaton, A.M. Williams, J.D. Rogers and C.W. 
Davis.


Addie A. (BRITT; Mrs. Edward Davis) PRIDDY, 
b. Feb 1872, Southampton Co., 
d. 25 Jan 1929, at daughter's home, near Courtland, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery*, Boykins, 27 Jan 1929, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 8, 1929, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Apparently unmarked; added to the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} 
   Cemetery Project, Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

Her daughter Edyth Roy (PRIDDY; Mrs. Marion Audubon) THOMAS is buried in 
   Annex 1, Section B, Plot 11.  Her mother Frances Edith R. (JOYNER BRITT; 
   Mrs. Mark Joseph) KNIGHT is buried in adjacent Annex 1, Section B, Plot 11. 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 3744 (Jerusalem #4) gives b. 1870, d. age 58 & 11 months; 
   father: J. Mills. 

Her parents' marriage record: 

Mills A. Britt, 54, widowed, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o James Britt & Elizabeth his wife, Farming 
Frances E.R. Joyner, 21, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o Henry Joyner & Susan his wife 
m.lic. 28 Jun 1863, by clerk L.R. Edwards 
m. 28 Jun 1863, by Robt. S. Barnes 
(Southampton Co. MB1A:35; M.Reg. p. 14 #2) 

Her father 1m. Mildred Vick (m.bond 20 Oct 1828; consent of Joshua Vick). 
   (Southampton Co. M.Reg. p. 390) 

This may be her paternal grandparents: 

James Britt & Elizabeth Hines 
m.bond undated 
consent of Nancy Dardin [Darden], mother of Elizabeth 
sec/wit: David Beaman; Mills Pope 

compare: 
Richard Hines & Delilah Allen 
m.bond 28 Jun 1809 
consent of Benjamin Allen & wife, parents of Delilah 
sec/wit: James Britt; Saml. Kello 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. pp. 192, 625) 


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