Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hargrave, Joseph H., 2003 

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JOSEPH HUGH "SLICK" HARGRAVE 

  DENDRON - Joseph Hugh "Slick" Hargrave, 85, husband of the late Orlean 
Rollings Hargrave, passed away Friday, December 26, 2003, at Louise Obici 
Memorial Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia.  He was born in Surry County on 
October 3, 1918, the son of the late Hugh Jasper Hargrave and Inez Whitmore 
Hargrave; was a member of Dendron Baptist Church; a founding father of 
Blackwater Sportsman's Club, a member of The Old Guards of Dendron; was a 
veteran of the U.S. Army, having served his country during World War II; was 
a retired farmer and general contractor; and had worked for the Town of 
Dendron for twenty years.  Mr. Hargrave is survived by his daughter, Anita H. 
Curl and husband R. Edward Curl of Dendron; his son, J. Dwight Hargrave of 
Midlothian; five grandchildren, Brandee Curl, Chrystal Curl, Mary Sanders and 
husband, William, Shannon Hargrave and Rand Hargrave; great-grandchildren, 
Kaeleigh Hargrave, Gavin Cave, Chase Sanders, and Megan Sanders; and his 
sister, Lois Barrett of Wakefield.  Funeral services will be held in Purviance 
Funeral Home Chapel, Wakefield, on Monday, December 29, 2003, at 2 p.m. with 
the Rev. Ray Rowland officiating.  Burial will be held in Wakefield Cemetery. 
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday afternoon from 4 
to 6 p.m.  Memorial donations may be made to the Dendron Vol. Fire Dept. or 
the Arthritis Foundation. 


Joseph Hugh "Slick" HARGRAVE, retired farmer & general contractor, 
Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 3 Oct 1918, Surry Co., d. 26 Dec 2003, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 29 Dec 2003, 
Purviance Funeral Home obit 

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

His wife's obit ("Daily Press," May 26, 1997, p. 22) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/h626o2ob.txt 

His father's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1968) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/h626h1ob.txt 

His mother's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1962) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/h626i3ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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