Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitmore, Mary Va. Reese, 1989 

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MARY VIRGINIA REESE WHITMORE

JARRATT - Mary Virginia Reese Whitmore died Friday, Nov. 10, in Riverside 
Convalescent Center, Smithfield.

Mrs. Whitmore was a native of Jarratt* and was employed with the Tri-County 
News, Wakefield.  She was employed with Levy and Co. for many years and was 
the Jarratt correspondent for several area newspapers.  She was a member of 
Centenary United Methodist Church.

Survivors include a sister, Irma Reese Parker Shufelt of Richmond; and two 
stepsisters, Mrs. Willie Tom Bell Rawlings of Waverly and Vera Bell Simmons 
of Emporia.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Simmons-Reese 
Family Cemetery, Sebrell, by the Rev. Larry E. Davies.

Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, is in charge.


Mary Virginia (REESE; Mrs. E.O. "Pete") WHITMORE, 
"Tri-County News" Jarratt correspondent, former Levy & Co. employee, 
Southampton Co. native*, d. 10 Nov 1989, Smithfield, age 83, 
interred in the SEBRELL-SIMMONS Cemetery (Plot 25**), Sebrell, 12 Nov 1989, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Mon., Nov. 11, 1989, p. C4 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-13): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Aug . 10, 1977, p. 21) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w356e1ob.txt 

*While her obit states she was a Jarratt native, her sister Annie's obit 
   gives Sebrell native, and their family appears in the 1920 Census in 
   Jerusalem Dist., Southampton Co. 
   Annie's obit ("Tidewater News," June 14, 1984, p. 8A-9A) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r200a4ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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