Surry County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Travis, Presley L. Jr., 2005 

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PRESLEY LEE "P.L." TRAVIS, Jr. 

  Presley Lee "P.L." Travis, Jr., 86, a retired real estate broker of 
Richmond, passed away on December 5, 2005.  He was born in Dendron, Virginia, 
of November 23, 1919.  He is survived by his devoted wife, Jean Daniel Travis; 
one daughter, Yvonne Lee Travis of Richmond; one son, Presley Lee Travis, III 
and daughter-in-law, Diane, of Louisa; six grandchildren, William T. Ludwig 
and wife, Donna, Daniel T. Mulligan, Jack D. Ludwig, III, all of Richmond, 
Brandon C. Travis and wife, Twila, Ashley Travis and Presley Lee Travis, IV; 
two great-grandchildren, Cassidy and Austin Travis, all of Louisa; one 
stepdaughter, Vickie L. Johnson; one step-granddaughter, Brenda Lee Johnson; 
and two sisters, Ersell T. Brinser and Betty Page Collier.  Mr. Travis was 
preceded in death by his first wife, Ximenia R. "Toosie" Travis; his parents, 
Lelia Blythe Travis and Presley L. Travis Sr.; and his sister, Beulah T. 
Brinser.  Before entering the Navy, he was employed as store manager for 
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company at 18th and Broad.  He served during World 
War II as a Naval Aviation Aerial Gunnery Instructor stationed at Naval Air 
Station, Livermore, California.  Upon receiving an honorable discharge from 
the Navy in 1945, he became a managing partner in Travis Oil Company, and an 
Amoco distributor, later serving as real estate manager with the American Oil 
Company for Amoco's Richmond District.  In 1959, and for 33 years, he 
established and operated Travis Realty Company, managing commercial properties 
in the Richmond metro area.  Prior to selling his real estate business, he was 
awarded a life membership in the Richmond Board of Realtors.  He was a member 
of Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church for 75 years, where he served as 
president of the Men's Bible Class, chairman of the Finance committee and 
chairman of the trustees for 18 years.  Mr. Travis was a member of the SoKi 
Club, past president of the Manchester Lions Club 1993-1994, past president of 
the Manchester Gang in 1989, past chairman of the board of the South Richmond-
Chesterfield Central Fidelity National Bank (now Wachovia), past director of 
the Cerebral Palsy Center, the Richmond Board of Realtors and the Middlesex 
Chamber of Commerce.  He was a member of Manchester Lodge No. 14 A.F.& A.M., 
Urbanna Lodge No. 83 A.F.& A.M., where he received his membership certificate 
and pin for having completed 50 years on the Masonic Fraternity, a former 
member of Scottish Rite Bodies and Acca Temple, past board member of the 
Chesterfield Historical Society, past president of Bon Air, Inc. parent 
company of Citizen Savings & Loan who later merged with Central Fidelity Bank, 
past member of the Board of Zoning Appeals of Urbanna, secretary of the United 
Methodist Men of Urbanna United Methodist Church, a member of the Board of 
Directors for Hathaway Tower Corporation serving as Activity Director in 2003-
2004 and Vice-President of the Board for 2004-2005, member of Saints and 
Sinners Club of American and the Old Dominion Chapter of the National Railway 
Historical Society.  Family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the 
Central Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 3215 Cutshaw Avenue.  A memorial 
service with Masonic memorial service will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, December 11, 
at Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 7151 Belmont Road, Chesterfield. 
In lieu of flowers, P.L. requested that any contributions be made to Asbury 
Memorial United Methodist Church, Chesterfield, Va. of Urbanna United 
Methodist Church, Urbanna, Va.


Presley Lee "P.L." TRAVIS, Jr., retired Richmond businessman, 
Navy veteran of WW-II, 
b. 23 Nov 1919, Dendron, Surry Co., d. 5 Dec 2005, Chesterfield Co., 
interred in Maury Cemetery*, Richmond, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Dec. 8, 2005 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #142409444 &c.) 

His maternal grandparents, Wm. Albert & Nancy D. (COBB) BLYTHE, are buried 
   in a BLYTHE family cemetery, on Sedley Rd., Southampton Co. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-50):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

His maternal grandfather was a Confederate veteran.  His obit ("Tidewater 
   News," June 1, 1928), additional information appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b430a1ob.txt 


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