Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Goodrich, Leda E. Whitmore, 1974 

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LEDA EUGENIA WHITMORE GOODRICH 

MRS. L. GOODRICH 

  WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Leda Whitmore Goodrich, 81, died Tuesday in Stewart [sic; 
Stuart] Circle Hospital, Richmond.

  She was a native of Surry County and was a member of Rocky Hock United 
Methodist Church.

  Mrs. Goodrich is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C.H. Traylor Jr. and Mrs. 
C.M. Ellis, both of Wakefield; a son, Cephus E. Goodrich, of Wakefield; two 
brothers, G.T. Whitmore and M.B. Whitmore, both of Newport News, and a sister, 
Mrs. Hazel W. Carroll of Wakefield.

  A funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. in the Purviance 
Funeral Home, Wakefield.  Burial will be in the Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of 
contributions to the Waverly Rescue Squad. 


Leda Eugenia (WHITMORE; Mrs. Cephus Gurney) GOODRICH, 
b. 26 Aug 1893, Surry Co., d. 2 Apr 1974, Richmond, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 5 Apr 1974, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Apr. 4, 1974, p. 10 

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

Her husband's obits ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," "Smithfield Times," & donated) 
   Apr. 1955) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/g362g1ob.txt 

Her parents, William Edward & "Ara" Aradna Arabella (THOMPSON) WHITMORE, 
   are buried in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery - Plot 33. 
   Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

Leda was the informant for her mother's D.Cert. 7399 (Wakefield #2); 
   she incorrectly identified her maternal grandparents. 

Her mother's obits ("Daily Press" & "Smithfield Times," Mar. 1946, & 
   donated), which repeated the error, are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/w356a1ob.txt 

Her father's obits ("Daily Press," May 28, 1945, & "Richmond Times-Dispatch," 
   June 1, 1945) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/w356w1ob.txt 


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/g362l4ob.txt