Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Lutie E. Grizzard, 1926 

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LUTIE GRIZZARD SMITH

   The Ivor community was shocked Sunday morning by the sudden death of Mrs. 
Lutie Grizzard Smith, wife of W.B. Smith of that town.  Mrs. Smith, who was 
the daughter of the late Sheriff C.L. Grizzard of Courtland, was found by 
members of the family lying dead in the pantry of the home, having shot 
herself through the breast.  No reason can be given for her act since the 
home life was happy and tranquil and in a message left by Mrs. Smith she 
stated that no one was to be blamed.  Momentary mental depression is the 
only possible cause assigned by the family.

   Mrs. Smith was in her 28th year and is survived by her husband and two 
small daughters, Betty Mason and Frances Lee; three brothers, John Grizzard 
of Greensboro, N. C., David of Washington and Franklin of Courtland, and her 
stepmother, Mrs. Fannie Grizzard of Courtland.

   The burial took place at Courtland Monday afternoon, February 15, and 
was witnessed by many sorrowing friends.  The services were conducted by 
Rev. J.W. Stiff, pastor of Ivor Methodist Church of which the deceased was 
a member.  The hymns, "Home of the Soul" and "Sometime We’ll Understand" 
were sung.  The pallbearers were F.S. Winn, L.C. Pulley, Otis Joyner, Jerome 
Raiford, Hugh Gillette and T.B. Bell.

   Miss Sallie and Annie Joyner, nurses at Sarah Leigh Hospital, Norfolk 
and John Grizzard and family of Greensboro, N.C., were among those from a 
distance to attend the burial.


Lutie E. (GRIZZARD; Mrs. Wesley B.) SMITH, 
Southampton Co. native, suicide 14 Feb 1926, at home, Ivor, age 28, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland, 15 Feb 1926, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

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

Additional information: 

Her marriage record - 

WESLEY BOOKER SMITH, 25, S, SO.CO., SO.CO., SALESMAN, 
   S/O JOSEPH D. AND SALLIE W. GRIZZARD SMITH 
M. 07-22-1920 NORFOLK, VIRGINIA BY REV. J.E. BROOKS 
LUTIE ESTELLE GRIZZARD, 22 S, SO.CO., SO.CO., 
   D/O COLA LEE AND LAURA E. TURNER GRIZZARD 
(Southampton Co. MB18:92; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

120. 07/22/1920, Norfolk, Va., by J.E. Brooks 
Wesley Booker Smith, 25, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o J.D. & Sallie Smith, Salesman 
Lutie E. Grizzard, 22, single, b. Southampton Co., res. Courtland, Va., 
   dt/o C.L. & Laura Grizzard 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. (BVS copy); file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb18pt.txt) 

Wesley 2m. 08-28-1928 Susie Joyner (So.Co. MB21:328); they are bd. in Ivor. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Ivor Cem. list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 23, 1921, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g626c1ob.txt 


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

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s530l4ob.txt