Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brittle, G. Cephas, 1997 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ GILBERT CEPHAS BRITTLE G. CEPHAS BRITTLE G. Cephas Brittle, 91, died Thursday, Feb. 20, 1997, in Waverly Health Care Center. Mr. Brittle was born in Surry County and was the son of the late Richie T. and Martha Faison Brittle. He was a member of Union Congregational Christian Church, Elberon, Va. He retired in 1967 as a deputy sheriff with Sussex County Sheriff's Department. He was a lifetime member of Wakefield Hunt Club and a member of Wakefield Sportsman's Club. He was the husband of the late Catherine Barrett Brittle and father of the late Earl T. Brittle. He is survived by a daughter, Carolyn B. Boykin of Richmond; two sons, Gilbert C. Brittle Jr. of Bowling Green, Charles B. Brittle of Wakefield; six grandchildren, Kimberly B. Eskridge, David C. Brittle, Robin B. Hoagland, Kevin P. Boykin, Carol A. Brittle, Thomas E. Brittle; five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Wakefield Cemetery by the Rev. Lafayette Wilkins. The family will receive friends in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, from 7 to 8:30 tonight. Memorial donations may be made to the Ivor Volunteer Rescue Squad. Gilbert Cephas BRITTLE, Sr., retired Sussex Co. deputy sheriff, b. 3 Oct 1905, Surry Co., d. 20 Feb 1997, Waverly, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 22 Feb 1997, "The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Feb. 21, 1997 *Find a Grave Mem. #32368315 His widow's (donated, 1988) obits are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b634c1ob.txt Her parents are also buried there. His parents, "Richie" Richlieu Thomas & Martha (FAISON) BRITTLE, are buried in Union Christian Church Cemetery, Surry Co. Find a Grave Mem. #69544004 gives Ritchie T. His father's obit ("Smithfield Times," Jan. 15, 1947, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b634r4ob.txt His paternal grandparents, Charles Edwin & [Sarah E.] Rebecca (BRANCH) BRITTLE, are buried in a BRITTLE family cemetery, in Sussex Co. 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/sussex/obits/b634c2ob.txt