Sussex-Surry-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ashby, Bailey S., 1995 

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BAILEY SIZER ASHBY 

  WAVERLY - Bailey Sizer Ashby, age 73, a resident of Waverly and a Surry 
County farmer since 1943, died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1995, at the Medical College 
of Virginia, Richmond.  He was an active member of Waverly Baptist Church and 
a former deacon and Sunday school teacher of the church.

  He served for 12 years on the Surry County School Board, from 1976 to 1988. 
He was past president and a member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia 
Peanut Growers Association.  He was past president and an active member of the 
Waverly Rurtian Club.  He was a member of the Board Directors of Prescription 
Fertilizer Company, Ivor, and was an active member of the Virginia Farm 
Bureau.  He was the son of the late Edward Bassett Sr. and Wilma Sizer Ashby.

  He is survived by his wife, Margaret Boothe Ashby; a son and daughter-in-
law, B. Stuart and Stephanie S. Ashby of Mechanicsville; daughter and son-in-
law, Carol A. and Rainer M. Schlichtherle of Midlothian; four grandchildren, 
Benjamin S. Ashby, Elizabeth J. Ashby, Lauren A. Schlichtherle and Hannah C. 
Schlichtherle; three brothers, Frederick B. Ashby of Waverly, Edward B. Ashby 
of Disputanta, Dr. Charles C. Ashby of Dinwiddie; and numerous nieces and 
nephews. 

  Funeral services will be held at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, on 
Friday, Oct. 27, 1995, at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Anthony George.  Burial will be 
in Wakefield Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home on 
Thursday, Oct. 26, 1995, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and at the Waverly Baptist Church 
Social Hall following the service on Friday. 

  The family suggest that memorial donations be made to the Waverly Baptist 
Church or the Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad.


Bailey Sizer ASHBY, of Waverly, Surry Co. farmer, 
b. 8 Dec 1921, Isle of Wight* Co., d. 24 Oct 1995, Richmond, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery**, 27 Oct 1995, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Oct. 26, 1995, p. 26 

**Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His widow's obit ("Progress-Index," Mar. 19, 2009, p. A-5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/a210m2ob.txt 

*Their M.Cert. 1949-21652 (Sussex #62) gives Bailey b. Nansemond Co. 
   His WW-II draft card gives b. Isle of Wight Co.

His parents are buried in Ivor Cemetery.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Ivor list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 

His father was initially buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Wakefield. 
   (D.Cert. 1964-12896 {Petersburg #176}) 
   Now defunct, most interments were moved elsewhere. 
   (R.W. Baker Funeral Home) 


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