Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pretlow, John A., 1933 

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JOHN ALEXANDER PRETLOW

J.A. PRETLOW DIES IN NORFOLK LAST NIGHT

   J.A. Pretlow of this town died in the Norfolk Protestant Hospital last 
night about 9 o’clock where he had been a patient for a few weeks.  He was 59 
years of age and had been in ill-health for many months.  Funeral arrangements 
had not been completed this morning.

   John Alexander Pretlow was the son of late John Pretlow, Sr., and Mrs. 
Evelyn* Bolling Pretlow, and was born at "Riverview," the old Pretlow 
plantation on the Blackwater River just south of Franklin.  He was educated at 
the Virginia Episcopal High School in Alexandria, and at a private academy in 
Norfolk.

   The greater part of his life was given to the active direction of the 
affairs of the Albemarle Steam Navigation Company which for many years had a 
large and successful business in the operation of a fleet of river steamer on 
the inland waters of Eastern North Carolina.  Mr. Pretlow was President and 
General Manager of the Albemarle Company until a few years ago when the 
evolution of transportation from waterways to highway and truck saw the 
disappearance of the steamers from our rivers.  He was also connected in an 
official capacity with two short line railways in Eastern North Carolina and 
had other extensive business interests.

   He was a communicant of Emmanuel Episcopal Church here and served for a 
number of years as one of its vestrymen.

   Mr. Pretlow is survived by one brother, R.A. Pretlow of Franklin; by two 
half-sisters, Mrs. A.A. Williams of Warrenton, N.C., and Mrs. G.G. McCann of 
Franklin; by a half-brother, Barclay Pretlow, and his step-mother, Mrs. John 
Pretlow, of this town, besides a large and prominent family connection.

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   Funeral services for J.A. Pretlow, whose death occurred last Thursday 
night, were held here Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock from Emmanuel Episcopal 
Church where Mr. Pretlow had been a life-long member and for many years a 
member of the church vestry.  The service was read by Dr. Wm. A. Brown, rector 
of St. John’s Church, Portsmouth and by Rev. J. Sutherland-Watt, the rector of 
Emmanuel.

   The pallbearers were: Dr. P.P.  Causey of Sedley, L. Fleetwood, Dr. W.H. 
Arthur, J. Edgar Weede, Harry Steinhardt, W.M. Bradshaw, Roger I. Beale and 
Dr. E.A. de Bordenave.  Interment was made in the family plot in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery.

   An unusually large assemblage of friends was in attendance including many 
prominent people throughout this section of Virginia and from Northeastern 
North Carolina.


John Alexander PRETLOW, 
former president & general manager- Albemarle Steam Navigation Co., 
b. "Riverview," near Franklin, d. 23 Feb 1933, Norfolk, age 59, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 37**), Franklin, 
   25 Feb 1933, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 24, 1933, p. 1 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 3, 1933, p. 1 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

*Additional information: 

His mother's name is mis-spelled above - 

John Pretlow, 38, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., Va., 
   Robert & Rowanna B. Pretlow, Farmer 
Eveline B. Pretlow, 27, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., Va., 
   dt/o Thomas J. & Clara Pretlow 
m.lic. 20 Feb 1866, by clerk L.R. Edwards 
m. 22 Feb 1866, Southampton Co., by Benj. Devany 
(Southampton Co. MB1A:109; M.Reg. 1853-72, p. 17 #35) 

Eva V. Pretlow, d. 30 Mar 1880, age 42, dt/o Thos.J. & Clara A. Pretlow 
(Southampton Co. Death Records {transcript}, p. 351, citing orig.p. 3 #120) 

"Eva" is buried with her parents in the PRETLOW family cemetery 
   at "Jerico" (formerly "Beechwood"). 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-45): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt 

His stepmother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 19, 1940, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p634s1ob.txt 

His brother Richard B. PRETLOW's obit ("Suffolk News Herald," Oct. 2, 1900, 
   p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p634r1ob.txt 

His brother Robert A. PRETLOW's obit ("Tidewater News," July 19, 1946, p. 1) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p634r1ob.txt 


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