Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Goodrich, Harry L. Sr., 1965 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ HARRY LEE GOODRICH, SR. H.L. GOODRICH, SR. Harry Lee Goodrich Sr., 72, died Saturday, Jan. 2. A native of Surry County, he was a son of James W. and Mrs. Elizabeth Hart Goodrich and the husband of Mrs. Susie Maynard Goodrich. He was a retired farmer. Besides his wife, he is survived by five son, Woodland Tyler Goodrich of Mechanicsville, Lawrence Corbett Goodrich of Richmond and Harry Lee Goodrich, Jr., C. Lyster Goodrich and Melvin B. Goodrich of Wakefield; three daughters, Mrs. Leslie Tabit and Mrs. John Greenstreet of Norfolk and Mrs. John Scarborough of Petersburg; a brother, J. Leslie Goodrich of Wakefield; two sisters, Mrs. Susie G. Bass of Stony Creek and Mrs. Roddie C. Gay of Richmond; and 11 grandchildren. A funeral service was held Monday, Jan. 4, at 2:30 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Chapel by the Rev. E.B. Owen. Burial was in Rocky Hock Cemetery. Pallbearers: Carlton Goodrich, C.C. Murphy, R.E. Eggleston, B.E. Cowling, Sr., Henry Schloss, Cecil Gwaltney, William B. Peebles, O.L. Holt. Harry Lee GOODRICH, Sr., retired farmer, b. 24 Sep 1893, Surry Co., d. 2 Jan 1965, Suffolk, interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 82*), Surry Co., donated obit, publication unknown *Rocky Hock list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt His mother is buried in Plot 19. A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #20623666. His widow's obit ("Daily Press," Dec. 14, 1979, p. 59) & a Rocky Hock Church memorial are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/g362s2ob.txt A Rocky Hock Church pew dedication to his first wife, "Ara" Aradna Arabella (WHITMORE) GOODRICH, is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/g362a4ob.txt Her mother's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Feb. 25, 1963, p. 4) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/g362e5ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/g362h3ob.txt