Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Spratley, Harry W. Jr., 1959 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ HARRY WRENN SPRATLEY, JR. RITES ARE HELD AT SURRY FOR HARRY SPRATLEY, JR. Harry Wrenn Spratley, Jr., 22, of Dendron, was killed Saturday in a traffic accident. He was a native of Surry County, a graduate of Surry High School, a member of Dendron Christian Church, and at the time of his death was a naval airman second class stationed at Norfolk. He had served in the Navy for three and one-half years, and had returned home two weeks ago, after serving a rout of duty of six months on Malta. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Paulette Kitchen Spratley, a nurse at Stuart Circle Hospital, Richmond, formerly of Wakefield; his parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Spratley, of Dendron, and a brother, John Barrett Spratley, of Dendron. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, October 27, at 4 p.m. at the graveside in Oakwood Cemetery in Surry, with Rev. Fred Wright and Rev. D.M. Cotter officiating. At the services honor guards from the U.S. Navy Department presented a flag to his brother, John Barrett Spratley to be given to his surviving wife. Pallbearers were William C. Tennis, Melvin Everett, William E. Harwood, Gene J. Sowder, Julian D. Lewis, Martin Burton, James E. Savedge, Bobby Gwaltney and Dennis J. Longar. Harry Wrenn SPRATLEY, Jr., of Dendron, naval airman second class, b. 26 Jun 1937, Surry Co., killed in crash 24 Oct 1959, Prince George Co., interred in Oakwood Cemetery, Surry, 27 Oct 1959, donated obit, posted with Find a Grave Mem. #87372935 His parents are also buried there. Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 26405 (Pr.Geo. #26). He m. Paulette Sparkes KITCHEN 4 Apr 1959 in Wakefield. (Petersburg #81) Paulette 2m. William Claiborne HENDRICKS 17 Dec 1960 ("Richmond Times- Dispatch," Dec. 18, 1960); divorced, they remarried 21 Nov 1970 in Wakefield. (Petersburg #349-1970) She d. 20 Jun 2007; last residence: Douthan, Houston Co., AL. (SSDI) 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/s163h1ob.txt