Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barker, Victoria E. Drewry, 1948 

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VICTORIA ELIZABETH DREWRY BARKER 

   Mrs. Victoria Drewry Barker, 70, of Wakefield, widow of Sidney T. Barker, 
Sr., died at two o’clock Thursday morning, August 26, in a Richmond hospital.

   Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Charlie H. Rowe of Courtland and Miss 
Elizabeth Barker of Wakefield and Petersburg; three sons, J.N. Barker of 
Wakefield, S.T. Barker, Jr. of Deep Creek, and F.D. Barker of Chester, Penn.; 
eight grandchildren; one brother, J.H. Drewry of Clifton Forge; three sisters, 
Mrs. George W. Wesson of Lawrenceville, Mrs. R.H. Rooks of Norfolk, and Mrs. 
A.W. Parker of Yale; also a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services will be held at one o’clock this (Friday) afternoon at 
the grave in the Wakefield cemetery.


Victoria Elizabeth (DREWRY; Mrs. Sidney T. Sr.) BARKER, of Wakefield, 
b. 8 Jan 1878, Southampton Co., d. 26 Aug 1948, Richmond, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 27 Aug 1948, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 27, 1948, p. 1 

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

Find a Grave Mem. #46350353 includes 3 photos, but not one of marker. 

Her D.Cert. 1948-17701 (Richmond #2011) states her remains were removed 
   to Franklin. 

Her husband's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Apr. 11, 1939, p. 15) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b626s2ob.txt 

Her parents, Patrick Arrington & Mary Elizabeth (HARRISON ARRINGTON) DREWRY, 
   are buried in a DREWRY family cemetery, near the site of Spring Grove 
   Methodist Church, Surry Co.  (Find a Grave Mems. #204863615 & #204864057) 


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