Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Partridge, William A., 1954 

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WILLIAM ALLEN PARTRIDGE

   William Allen Partridge, 74, a lifelong resident of Southampton County, 
died on Monday, March 22, at his home in Drewryville.

   He is survived by his wife, Frances Ellis Partridge; four sons, William S. 
Partridge of Chase City, Harry Lee Partridge, stationed in Norfolk with the 
U.S. Coast Guard, Allen M. Partridge of Drewryville, and John E. Partridge of 
Branchville; one daughter, Mrs. Stafford Haga, of Montross, and 11 
grandchildren.

   Funeral services were held at the Thomas Memorial Church, of which Mr. 
Partridge had been a member, at 3:00 Tuesday afternoon.  Officiating were the 
Rev. W.W. Stinnett, the Rev. Marshall Anderson, and the Rev. J.T. Cassell. 
Interment was in Drewryville Cemetery.

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WILLIAM ALLEN PARTRIDGE

   William Allen Partridge, a retired farmer and long time resident of the 
Drewryville community, died at his home in Drewryville.

   He was the son of the late Conrad Partridge and Bettie Boothe Partridge 
and was born in Sussex County on February 20, 1880.  He was married in 1903 
to Miss Fannie Ellis, daughter of the late Samuel Ellis, of the Drewryville 
community who survives him.  He is also survived by five children; William, 
of Chase City; Mrs. Louise Haga, of Montross; John, of Branchville, Allen, 
of Drewryville, and Harry, Warrant Officer in the United States Coast Guard, 
stationed at Norfolk.

   Mr. Partridge had been a member of Hebron Baptist Church for fifty years.

   Funeral was held in the Drewryville Baptist Church on March 24 and the body 
was laid to rest in the family plot in the Drewryville Memorial Cemetery.  The 
Rev. William Stennett of the Baptist Church and the Rev. J.T. Cassell of the 
Methodist Church officiated.

   Dr. J.J. Grizzard, Howard Simmons, John T. Claud, Jesse Lee, P.J. Mattox, 
G.W. Leigh, Peter Thomas and Roy Ricks acted as pallbearers.


William Allen PARTRIDGE, retired farmer, 
b. 20 Feb 1880, Sussex Co., d. 22 Mar 1954, at home, Drewryville, 
interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 
   24 Mar 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 25, 1954; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 8, 1954 

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

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 30, 1967, p. 3), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p636f2ob.txt 


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