Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brittle, Martha A. White, 1944 

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MARTHA ANN WHITE BRITTLE 

  WAKEFIELD - Sept. 10 - Mrs. Martha Ann Brittle, wife of the late Benjamin W. 
Brittle, died at her home here Sunday.  Mrs. Brittle, who was 100 years and 
four months old at the time of her death, was born in Sussex County, near 
Wakefield, May 12, 1844.  She was the daughter of Wilken [sic; Wilkins] White 
and Martha A. Bain.  In 1866 she was married to Benjamin W. Brittle, who died 
28 years ago.  She is survived by one son, Emmett W. Brittle; one 
granddaughter Mrs. C.W. Traylor; one great-grandson, Charles H. Traylor, Jr., 
and several nieces and nephews.  Funeral services will be conducted at the 
home Monday at 4 p.m.  Burial will be in the Wakefield Cemetery.


Martha Ann (WHITE; Mrs. Benjamin W.) BRITTLE, 
b. 12 May 1844, Sussex Co., d. 10 Sep 1944, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 11 Sep 1944, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch" Sep. 11, 1944, p. 6 

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

Her husband was a Confederate veteran, serving in Co. D, 13th VA Cav. - 
   "Jackson's Avengers."  Neither of them received a pension. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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