Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brittle, James E., 1950 

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JAMES E. BRITTLE 

Smithfield, Va., March 19 - James Edward Brittle, 79, retired farmer, died at 
a Richmond hospital Sunday after a brief illness.  A native of Sussex County, 
Mr. Brittle lived in Surry County most of his life.  He is survived by three 
sons, Arthur G. Brittle of Hopewell, J.S. and H.A. Brittle, both of 
Smithfield, a daughter, Mrs. Felix Gay, of Wakefield, and a brother, P.T. 
Brittle of Surry.  Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night. 

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James E. Brittle Funeral Tomorrow 

  SMITHFIELD, Mar. 20. - Funeral services for James Edward Brittle, 79, who 
died in a Richmond hospital yesterday afternoon after a short illness, will 
be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Old Brick Church Cemetery 
at Bacon's Chapel [sic; Castle]. 

  The Rev. Emory Trainham of the Smithfield Baptist Church will conduct the 
services.  The funeral procession will leave the Bullock Funeral Home, where 
the body now rests, at 2 o'clock for the cemetery. 

  Mr. Brittle waa a native of Sussex County and a resident of Surry County 
most of his life. 

  Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Felix Gay of Wakefield; three sons, 
Arthur G. of Hopewell, J.S. and H.A. Brittle, both of Smithfield; a brother, 
P.T. Brittle of Surry. 

  Pallbearers will be Ira, Leroy and Jack Price, A.L. and R.L. Goodrich and 
Jack Rawlings. 


James Edward BRITTLE, retired farmer, 
b. 27 May 1866*, Sussex Co., d. 19 Mar 1950, Richmond, 
interred in the Old Brick Church Cemetery*, Bacons Castle, 
   21 Mar 1950, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Mon., Mar. 20, 1950; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 26, No. 295, Mon., Mar. 20, 1950, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

His gravestone shows b. 27 May 1866.  A photo of it - added by BAppleby - 
   is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #232291421.  Find a Grave calls it 
   Lower Surry Cemetery.  (Cemetery ID #51037) 

D.Cert. 5482 (Richmond #709) gives b. 27 May 1870, son of Augustus & Sarah 
   (PRESSON) BRITTLE; widower of Florence BRITTLE. 

J.E., 24, son of A.A.A. & S. BRITTLE, & "Nellie" [Florence Elmore] PRICE, 22, 
   daughter of [Randall & "Mollie"] Mary E. PRICE, m. 1 Feb 1892. 
   (Southampton Co. MB7:381) 

"Widowed," Nellie, b. Sep 1870, appears with her parents in the 1900 Census - 
   Cobham Dist., Surry Co. 

Her obits ("Richmond Times-Dispatch" & Smithfield Times," Oct. 1949), 
   with their marriage record appended, are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b634f1ob.txt 

J.E. BRITTLE, b. May 1865, appears in the 1900 Census - Licking Hole Dist., 
   Goochland Co. - as a convict on the State Prison Farm.  

He was convicted of being an accessory to the murder of a tramp, Patrick 
   MacDONALD, in 1899 in Isle of Wight Co., and sentenced to five years. 


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