Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wade, Millard J., 1940 

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MILLARD JARRATT* WADE

M.J. WADE DIES OF ACCIDENT INJURIES

   Millard Jarratt Wade, 37, died at Raiford Hospital yesterday afternoon at 
about 3 o’clock from injuries sustained Monday night in an accident at B.B.H. 
Motor Company on Fourth Avenue here, where he was employed.  Mr. Wade, a 
mechanic, was working on a truck when it started rolling down a ramp and 
caught him against a brick wall, inflicting terrible internal injuries.  Ed 
Hassell, who was working in the garage at the same time, carried him to the 
hospital.  The accident occurred around 8 o’clock.

   Mr. Wade was the son of Mrs. Lucy A. Wade of Joyner and the late John 
Benjamin Wade.  He is survived, besides his mother, by his wife, Mrs. Anna 
Sammons Wade; a daughter, Elizabeth W. Wade; three sons, Millard, Jr., Edwin 
and John Wade; four brothers, Leslie L. Wade of Courtland, Crawford R. Wade of 
Sebrell and John B. and Ashby Wade of Joyner, and two sisters, Mrs. George W. 
Williams of Joyner and Mrs. D.H. Avent of Richmond.

   Mr. Wade was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church and of the Bruner 
Bible Class of the church.  Services will be conducted from the residence in 
West Franklin at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon with burial in Riverside 
Cemetery, Courtland. The Rev. R. D. Stephenson, pastor of the deceased, 
assisted by the Rev. B.B. Bland of High Street Methodist Church, will conduct 
the services.

   Pallbearers will be Dr. T.A. Morgan, Dr. E.F. Reese, Jr. of Courtland, J.F. 
Briggs, N.C. Barbour of Greensboro, N.C., P.B. Edwards, Jr. of Joyner, H.E. 
Byrd, Ed Hassell and Sam Powell.

*"Jarrett" is original changed to "Jarratt" throughout 

Millard Jarratt WADE, mechanic at B.B.H. Motor Co., Franklin, 
b. Sussex Co., d. 15 Aug 1940, Franklin, age 37, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 60*), Courtland, 17 Aug 1940, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 16, 1940, p. 1 

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

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 8, 1981, p. 8A), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100a3ob.txt 


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