Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nicholson, Jennie B. Spratley, 2009 

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JENNIE BARRETT SPRATLEY NICHOLSON 

JENNIE B. NICHOLSON OF WAKEFIELD DIES AT 91 
   BY ELLEN ROBERTSON - TIMES DISPATCH STAFF WRITER 

  Jennie Barrett Spratley Nicholson was the first woman named to the Wakefield 
Planning commission.  She worked on Wakefield's first comprehensive plan.

  A life member of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia 
Antiquities, she participated in statewide preservation efforts, including 
many with Smith's Fort Plantation and Bacon's Castle.  The Thomas Rolfe APVA 
branch honored her in 2000 and she was among those accepting plaudits from 
the Virginia House of Delegates in 2001. 

  In 2001 the Wakefield Foundation honored her contributions as a home 
economics and science teacher at Wakefield High School, Waverly High School 
and Waverly Junior High School.

  On her 90th birthday in 2007, the Sussex Board of Supervisors acclaimed her 
work in education, her church and community.

  Mrs. Nicholson, a 1938 James Madison College graduate who retired in 1978, 
died Thursday at age 91.  The Surry County native was the widow of John 
Benjamin Nicholson, Jr.

  Survivors include two sons, John Benjamin Nicholson, III of Wakefield and 
William Spratley Nicholson of Richmond; a sister, Lois Spratley Donald of 
Williamsburg; and a granddaughter.

  A funeral will be held today, Saturday, at 10:30 a.m. at Wakefield United 
Methodist Church, where she sang in the choir for more than 60 years and 
advised the youth fellowship.


Jennie Barrett (SPRATLEY; Mrs. John B. Jr.) NICHOLSON, retired teacher, 
first woman on the Wakefield Planning commission, 
b. 29 Jul 1917, Surry Co., d. 8 Jan 2009, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 15 Jan 2009, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Jan. 10, 2009, p. B-6 

*Her parents, Garland William & Jennie Louise (BARRETT) SPRATLEY, 
   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 husband's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1973) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/n242j4ob.txt 

Her father's obit ("Daily Press," Sep. 20, 1983) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/s163g1ob.txt 

Her mother's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1987) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/s163j1ob.txt 


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