Surry-Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drew, Ida M. Holleman, 1925 

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IDA MAY HOLLEMAN DREW 

MRS. IDA M. DREW 

  WAKEFIELD, VA., July 21 - Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Mae Drew, widow of 
George R. Drew, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in Rocky Hock 
Church, near Wakefield. 

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"THE HISTORY OF OUR CHURCH PEWS - ROCKY HOCK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH" 
   GIVEN IN MEMORY OF MR. AND MRS. GEORGE R. DREW 

  George Rogers Drew was born 1860 and died 1916.  He was born at Elm Shade 
Farm (Harry Lee Goodrich, Jr. and Marjorie Goodrich resided here later) in 
Little Surry.  George was the third of six children born to Ben Drew and his 
wife.  In 1886 Reverend Boggs married George and Ida Mae Holleman (1863-1925) 
at Rocky Hock Church.  They only had one child, Clinton.  The Drews were large 
landowners for around the Civil War to the turn of the century.  Much of their 
land holdings were from Highway 460 to the edge of what we call "Little 
Surry."  After George died, Ida Mae built a house in Wakefield and moved 
there.  This house still stands on Main Street next to the 7-Eleven store.  At 
her death, she bequeathed a sum of money to Rocky Hock Church. 

  C.M. Ellis, Sr. gave the pew in the church in memory of Mr. and Mrs. George 
R. Drew. 

  Both George and Ida Mae's mother, Mrs. A.P. Holleman (1839-1900), are buried 
in the same square as her daughter.  Her grave is one of the earliest in the 
cemetery. 

  No pictures have been located. 

  Thanks to John Nicholson and Clara Rogers for the information. 


Ida Mae (HOLLEMAN; Mrs. George R.) DREW, 
b. 30 May 1863, Surry Co., d. 20 Jul 1925, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 47A*), Surry Co., 
   22 Jul 1925, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," July 22, 1925, p. 15; 
Rocky Hock Church pew history 

*Rocky Hock list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137183639. 

George's monument (Mem. #137183615) shows b. 25 Apr 1860, d. 25 Sep 1916; 
   D.Cert. 23751 (B&I #49) gives b. 10 Apr 1860, Surry Co., d. 24 Sep 1916, 
   Southampton Co. 


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