Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drewry, Ruby H. Cornwell, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ RUBY HELEN CORNWELL DREWRY Ruby Cornwell Drewry, 90, passed away Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006, at Tandem Health Care, Windsor, Va. Ruby, a homemaker in Wakefield, was the widow of R.C. "Buck" Drewry. Born Sept. 4, 1916, in Sussex County, Va., she was the daughter of the late LeRoy Jason Cornwell and Josephine Pittman Cornwell. She is survived by her daughter, Catherine D. LeSueur and husband Thom of Wakefield; three grandchildren, William "Bill" Jenkins and Tami L. Bass, both of Wakefield, and Ritchie T. LeSueur of Chesterfield County, Va.; and four great-grandchildren, Matthew and Elizabeth Jenkins, Brandon Bass, and Joshua LeSueur. Ruby was preceded in death by a daughter Jean D. Jenkins, two brothers Leroy J. Cornwell Jr. and John "Alex" Cornwell, and her sister Virginia C. Boykin. Memorial donations may be made to the Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 583, Waverly, Va. 23890 or the Ivor Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 213, Ivor, Va. 23866. Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, handled arrangements. Ruby Helen (CORNWELL; Mrs. Richardson Coker) DREWRY, of Wakefield, b. 4 Sep 1916, Sussex Co., d. 30 Sep 2006, Windsor, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, donated obit, publication unknown *Her parents are also buried there. Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt Her first husband's obit ("Daily Press," Dec. 15, 1964, p. 20) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/d660r3ob.txt Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 20, 1953) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c654l4ob.txt Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 13, 1969, p. 8) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c654j2ob.txt Ruby 2m. divorcee Norman Eugene LASSITER 24 Dec 1974; the union was annulled in 1975. He remarried, and is buried in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery, Suffolk. Cypress Chapel list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt She 3m. widower Wilroy Edward STEPHENSON 3 Aug 1977. They divorced in 1983, and he remarried. He is buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. SCHS Cemetery Project, Rosemont list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/d660r5ob.txt