Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Presson, Irene L. Harris, 1949 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ IRENE LILLIAN HARRIS PRESSON WAKEFIELD - Jan. 31 - Mrs. Irene Harris Presson, 76, widow of Joel Henry Presson, businessman of Surry County, died at her ancestral home, "Oak Ridge Farm," Sunday. Mrs. Presson is survived by four daughters, Mrs. S.T. Atkins, of Portsmouth; Mrs. J.B. Darden, of Norfolk; Mrs. E.T. Swink, of Blacksburg, and Mrs. T. Lee Richardson, of Fork Union; one son, Arthur L. Presson, of Wakefield; a brother, Thomas J. Harris, of Philadelphia; 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral rites will be held at the home at 3 P.M. Tuesday, with interment in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery. Irene Lillian (HARRIS FISHER; Mrs. J. Henley) PRESSON, of Surry Co., b. 22 Jun 1872, Surry Co., d. 30 Jan 1949, at ancestral home, "Oak Ridge Farm," interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 37*), Surry Co., 15 May 1945, "Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Feb. 1, 1949 *Rocky Hock list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt Her parents, James Thomas Byrd & Alice J. (EDWARDS) HARRIS, are buried in the same plot. (Find a Grave Mem. #9701158 &c.) A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137184665. Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 2262 (Blackwater #2). Her father (1837-1894) was a Confederate veteran, having served in the Surry Light Artillery. Her second husband's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," May 15, 1945, p. 17) & a memorial to the couple are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/p625h2ob.txt They m. 31 May 1898 in Surry Co. Ancestry.com "Select Virginia Marriages" gives single, b. ca. 1874, Surry Co., dt/o Thomas S. & Allice S. Hanes, citing p. 80 #35. Her first husband Edward T. FISHER (1874-1920) is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk. Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives, Forest Lawn list: http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/cemeteries/forestlawn/flc09-fe-ford.html They m. 11 Oct 1892 in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co., NC. 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/p625i1ob.txt