Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brittle, Emmett W., 1953 

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Emmett W. Brittle, 
86 Years of Age, 
Died Friday 

  Emmett W. Brittle, 86, died 
at 10:30 P. M. Friday, March 20 
in the home of his daughter, 
Mrs. C. H. Traylor of Wakefield. 
He was a native of Sussex Coun- 
ty and had served as postmater 
in Wakefield for many years. 
He was the county chairman of the 
Republican party and a mem- 
ber of the Republican party's 
State Central Committee. 
  In addition to his daughter, 
he is survived by a grandson, 
C. H. Traylor, Jr. and two great- 
grandsons. 
  Graveside services were held 
at 3:00 P. M. Sunday in the 
Wakefield Cemetery with Rev. 
J. E. White and Rev. James 
Kennon officiating. 
  Active pallbearers were Lyster 
Altizer, W. M. Leech, Aubrey 
Whitmore, V. L. Worrell, Sr., G. 
L. Munford, W. A. Morris, E. C. 
Nettles and J. E. Bain.  Honor- 
ary pallbearers were friends of 
the family. 


Emmett Walter BRITTLE, former Wakefield postmaster, county GOP chairman, 
Sussex Co. native, d. 20 Mar 1953, at daughter's home, Wakefield, age 86, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 22 Mar 1953, 
donated obit, publication unknown ['53 in pencil] 

*Photos of his markers are posted with Find A Grave Memorial #127569851, 
   which gives b. 5 Mar 1867. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com), 
and transcribed by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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