Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Riddick, Rebie Whitfield, 1986 

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REBIE WHITFIELD RIDDICK

   Mrs. Rebie Whitfield Riddick, a native of Courtland, Va. , died 
Saturday, January 11, 1986 in a local hospital.  She was the widow of Dr. John 
D. Riddick.  She was educated at Randolph-Mason Institute in Danville where 
she later taught piano and studied at the Juliard School of Music in New York 
City.  She was an accomplished pianist.  She was organist and choir director 
at the Franklin Baptist Church for eighteen years and taught piano until her 
death.  She was a member of the Courtland United Methodist Church, the 
Franklin Music Study Club, and the Southampton Historical Society.  In 1982 
she was honored for her contribution to the musical and cultural life in the 
City of Franklin and Southampton County by the Walter Cecil Rawls Museum Arts. 
She is survived by twin sons, Robert Whitfield Riddick and William Henry 
Riddick, both of Franklin; a brother, E. Newton Whitfield, Virginia Beach; and 
four grandchildren.  The funeral will be conducted 2 p.m. Monday in the 
Courtland United Methodist Church by the Reverends Luther M. Marks and Donald 
J. Dunlap.  Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland, with Wright 
Funeral Home in charge.  The family will be at 109 Irving Street, Franklin. 
Memorial donations may be made to the Riddick memorial Music Fund of the 
Walter Cecil Rawls Library and Museum, Courtland, Va. 23837 for the purpose of 
purchasing a piano for the museum in her memory.


Rebie (WHITFIELD; Mrs. John D.) RIDDICK, pianist, organist & instructor, 
Courtland native, d. 11 Jan 1986, Richmond, age 85, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 7*), Courtland, 
   13 Jan 1986, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Jan. 12, 1986 

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

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 13, 1953, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r320j6ob.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," June 25, 1937, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w314e3ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," June 26, 1967, p. 6), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w314a2ob.txt 

Her name is rendered "Bebie" in the 1930 Census (Danville, VA - e.d. 4); 
   that was transcribed as "Bobie" on FamilySearch.org. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r320r2ob.txt