Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Reese, Lynie B. Ridley, 1955 

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LYNIE BRANCH RIDLEY REESE

Funeral Tomorrow For Mrs. Reese 

  COURTLAND -- Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the 
graveside in Courtland's Riverside Cemetery for Mrs. Lynie Ridley Reese, 
67-year-old Courtland resident who died late yesterday at Raiford Memorial 
Hospital, Franklin, after an illness of many months. 

  The Rev. Richard H.L. Vanaman, pastor of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, will 
officiate. 

  Mrs. Reese was the wife of Dr. E.F. Reese, II, of Courtland.  She was a 
native of Southampton County, having been born at Violet Hill Plantation near 
Courtland.  She was the daughter of the late J. William and Bettie Goodwin 
Ridley, and was a member of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Courtland. 

  Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Dr. E.F. Reese, III, of 
Courtland; three sisters, Mrs. William Shands, of Courtland, Mrs. Elliot 
Vawter, of Huntington, W.Va., and Mrs. J.H. Musgrave, of Leesburg, Ala.; 
one brother, Churchill G. Ridley, of Courtland; and a number of nieces and 
nephews. 

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FUNERAL RITES FOR MRS. REESE HELD WEDNESDAY

   Mrs. Lynie Ridley Reese, 68, well-known resident of Courtland, died late 
Monday afternoon, November 14, in Raiford Memorial Hospital after an illness 
of many months.

   Mrs. Reese was the wife of Dr. E.F. Reese, Jr. of Courtland.  She was a 
native of Southampton County, having been born at Violet Hill Plantation near 
Courtland.  She was the daughter of the late J. William and Betty Goodwyn 
Ridley, and was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Courtland.

   Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Dr. E.F. Reese, 3rd, of 
Courtland; three sisters, Mrs. William Shands of Courtland, Mrs. Elliott 
Vawter of Huntington,W.Va., and Mrs. J.H. Musgrave of Leesburg; one brother, 
Churchill G. Ridley of Courtland, and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the graveside in 
Riverside Cemetery, Courtland, Rev. Richard, H.L. Vanaman, rector of St. 
Luke's Episcopal Church, officiated, assisted by Bishop William A. Brown of 
Portsmouth and Rev. William Brayshaw of Smithfield.

   Active pallbearers were Lucius Manry, Milton Futrell, John Boothe, J. 
Ryland Brooks, Warren E. Edwards, L.A. Clements, George Close and Dr. Henry L. 
Gardner, Jr.

   Honorary pallbearers were members of the Tri-County Medical Society and the 
Vestry of St. Luke's Episcopal Church.


Lynie Branch (RIDLEY; Mrs. Emmett F. Jr.) REESE, of Courtland, 
b. 9 Apr 1887, "Violet Hill," near Courtland, d. 14 Nov 1955, Franklin, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 21*), Courtland, 
   16 Nov 1955, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 33, No. 261, Tues., Nov. 15, 1955, p. 4; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., Nov. 17, 1955, Sect. II, p. 1 

*Her parents are buried in the same section, Plot 16. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

D.Cert. 26703 (Franklin #104) 

Her husband's obits ("Richmond Times-Dispatch" & "Tidewater News," 
   Sep. 27 & 28 {respectively}, 1959) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r200e5ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 27, 1920, p. 11) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r340b1ob.txt 


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