Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hargrave, Earl W., 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ EARL WOODROW HARGRAVE WAKEFIELD - Earl Woodrow Hargrave, 88, a lifelong resident of rural Wakefield, died Wednesday, September 11, 2002. Born November 3, 1913, he was a son of the late Willie Payton Hargrave and Estelle Harville Hargrave. He was a retired farmer and husband of the late Mattie Morris Hargrave, who passed away in 1964. Mr. Hargrave is survived by one daughter, Shelby Jean Cook of Potomac, MD; three sons, William Earl Hargrave of Flagstaff, AZ, Melvin Woodrow Hargrave of Hayes, VA, and Ernest Payton Hargrave of Surry Co., VA; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildrlen; two sisters, Annie H. Fuller of Newport News, VA, and Hylah H. Clarke of Ivor, VA; and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 14, 2002, at 2 p.m. at Rocky Hock United Methodist Church, Wakefield, with the Rev. James Kerr officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church one prior to the service. Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, is in charge of arrangements. Earl Woodrow HARGRAVE, retired farmer, b. 3 Nov 1913, Surry Co., d. 11 Sep 2002, Suffolk, interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 27*), Surry Co., 14 Sep 2002, "Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Sep. 12, 2002, p. 33 *Rocky Hock list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt His parents are buried in Plot 75. A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #20602456. His wife's (donated, 1964) obits are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/h626m4ob.txt His father's obits ("Daily Press," Apr. 10, 1977, p. 4, & donated) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/h626w1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/h626e2ob.txt