Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Railey, Russell B., 2000 

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RUSSELL BRETT RAILEY 

  Russell Brett "Hap" Railey, 88, a lifelong resident of Southampton County, 
died Jan. 4, 2000. 

  He was a son of the late James Goodman and Elizabeth Bryant Railey and the 
widower of Clara Bradshaw Railey.  A retired chief deputy sheriff for 
Southampton County, he was a past member of the Southampton County Board of 
Supervisors; a member of the Courtland Masonic Lodge No. 85 AF&AM and a member 
and past president of Newsoms Ruritan Club.  He was a member of Newsoms United 
Methodist Church where he served as Men's Bible Class teacher, Sunday School 
superintendent and chairman of the Administrative Board. 

  Survivors include two daughters, Barbara L. Railey of Williamsburg and 
Dorothy R. Grizzard and her husband, Jerry, of Chesapeake; four grandchildren, 
Craig O. Smith of Newport News, Todd B. Smith and his wife Kristen of 
Williamsburg, Susan G. Hiser and her husband, Brian, of Gloucester, Kim G. 
Jones and her husband, Lew, of Yorktown; and six great-grandchildren, 
Gabrielle Smith, Joshua Smith, Brett Smith, Chad Hiser, Railey Hiser and 
Claire Hiser.  He was predeceased by a brother, John Richard Railey. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Newsoms United Methodist 
Church with the Rev. Charles Langley and the Rev. Kenneth Williams 
officiating.  Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery with Masonic rites 
accorded.  The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Wright 
Funeral Home, Boykins Chapel, and suggests that memorials be made to the 
Newsoms UMC, P.O. Box 297, Newsoms, VA 23874. 


Russell Brett "Hap" RAILEY, retired chief deputy sheriff, former Supervisor, 
b. 7 Aug 1911, Southampton Co., d. 4 Jan 2000, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 7 Jan 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Jan. 6, 2000, B9 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-57): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His parents are buried in a BRYANT family cemetery, just off Monroe Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (V-50): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt 


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