Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ridley, Mannelita B. Cassel, 1925 

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"LITA" MANNELITA BARRETT CASSEL RIDLEY 

MRS. GARNETT RIDLEY BURIED IN COURTLAND 

  Mrs. F. Garnett Ridley of Jackson, Tenn., wife of F. Garnett Ridley, 
formerly of this county and the oldest son of J. William Ridley, died at her 
home in Jackson on New Year's Day and was buried in Courtland Saturday at 
noon, services being conducted from the home of Mr. Ridley's sister, Mrs. 
William Shands, by Dr. Myron B. Marshall, rector of Saint Andrew's Episcopal 
Church, Norfolk.  Interment followed in the Ridley family plot in Riverside 
Cemetery, Courtland, and the body bearers were: Dr. W.T. McLemore, H.B. 
McLemore, W.J. Sebrell, H.P. Pope, R.B. Story, C.W. Williams, J.A. Pretlow and 
Dr. W.E. Snipes. 

  Mr. Ridley left Southampton quite a number of years ago, but he and his wife 
had visited here on several different occasions and Mrs. Ridley had made a 
most favorable and lasting impression upon all who met her on her frequent 
trips to her husband's old home.  The Jackson Daily Sun said of her in its 
announcement of her death in that city: 

  Mrs. F.G. Ridley, one of Jackson's best known and beloved women, died this 
morning at 1:35 o'clock at her home on Terrace Place following a lingering 
illness.  Her death, while not unexpected, has cast its shadow of sorrow over 
her many friends and much sympathy is being expressed today for her devoted 
husband and little son. 

  Mrs. Ridley was born in Zanesville, O.  Both parents died in her early life 
and she went to Bristol, Tenn., in her young womanhood to make her home.  She 
was married there 15 years ago to Mr. Ridley and they came two years later to 
Jackson to make their home, Mr. Ridley having entered the drug business here. 

  Thirteen years of residence in Jackson had endeared her to a large circle of 
friends.  Her splendid traits of character had drawn hundreds to her, and many 
beautiful ties of friendship are severed by her death.  She was a member of 
the Episcopal church and was a consistent Christian, casting rays of sunshine 
into the lives of others and inspiring hope and good cheer in those in need. 
Only close friends knew of the many deeds of charity that were hers; for she 
sought always to conceal her identity in these and to place the emphasis upon 
the deed itself. 

  Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at St. Luke's church, 
conducted by Dr. L.W. Doud.  Many beautiful floral emblems attested the love 
and esteem in which she was held. 

  The remains were taken over the N.C. & St. L. train at 3 p.m. to Courtland, 
Va., home of Mr. Ridley, where the burial will occur.  The remains were 
accompanied by Mr. Ridley and son, Jack, aged 11. 


"Lita" Mannelita Barrett (CASSEL; Mrs. Fenton Garnett) RIDLEY, 
b. 24 Jun 1880, Zanesville, Muskingum Co., OH, 
d. 1 Jan 1925, Jackson, Madison Co., TN, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 16*), Courtland, 
   3 Jan 1925, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 20, No. 13, Fri., Jan. 9, 1925, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Budjr - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #96391614. 

Her parents, A. Tupper CASSEL & Louisa S. BARRETT m. 24 Jan 1866 in 
   Muskingum Co., OH. 

Her husband remarried in 1940, but is buried with Lita.  His obit 
   ("Tidewater News," July 25, 1947, p. 7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r340f1ob.txt 


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