Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ridley, Fenton G., 1947 

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FENTON GARNETT RIDLEY

   Fenton Garnett Ridley, aged 66 years, son of the late John William and 
Bettie Goodwyn Ridley of "Violet Hill Plantation," near Courtland, died in 
the Petersburg Hospital on Saturday, July 19, after a brief illness.

   Mr. Ridley, who had lived in Waverly for the past twenty years, owned and 
operated the Waverly Drug Store.  He attended the Locust Dale Military Academy 
and was a member of the Waverly Episcopal Church.

   In 1909 Mr. Ridley was married to Miss Lita Barrett, who died in 1925.  To 
this union was born one son, John A. Ridley, of Stony Creek.  In 1940 Mr. Ridley 
was married to Mrs. Marion Kilmartin Allen, who survives.

   Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at three o'clock form the 
Waverly Episcopal Church and burial was made in the Courtland Cemetery.

   Besides his wife and son he is survived by two brothers, Churchill Gibson 
Ridley of "Violet Hill Plantation" Courtland, and William G. Ridley of 
Woodlyn, N.J.; four sisters, Mrs. E.F. Reese, Jr., and Mrs. Annie Shands of 
Courtland, Mrs. Harry Musgrave of Leesburg, and Mrs. Elliott Vawter of 
Huntington, West Va.; and one granddaughter, Miss Lita Barrett Ridley of Stony 
Creek.

   Active pallbearers were Messrs. Fitzhugh Carr, Franklin Rose, R.H. Clark, 
J.W. Thompson, James W. Cooper, Stanley Bage, L.E. Pope, and C.H. Bollinger.

   Honorary pallbearers were Dr. C.P. Niblett, Dr. H.G. Stoneham, A.D. Mayes, 
William B. Cocke, John H. Cole, H.B. Ponds, D.P. Chamble, Alton E. Jones, 
Frank P. Pulley, Jr., Garland Gray, I.M. Fronfelter, Vernon Jennings, O.P. 
Baird, A. Paul Harris and Dr. C.D. Townes.


Fenton Garnett RIDLEY, operated the Waverly Drug Store, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 19 Jul 1947, Petersburg, age 66, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 16*), Courtland, 
   21 Jul 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 25, 1947, p. 7 

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

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 20, 1939, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r340w1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 27, 1920, p. 11), 
   with her & her parents' marriage records appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r340b1ob.txt 


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