Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Romines, Grace L. Knight, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ GRACE L. KNIGHT ROMINES WAKEFIELD - Grace Knight Romines, 84, widow of Joseph Clay Romines, passed away Friday, March 11, 2005, at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Va. Born in Sussex County, Va., she was the daughter of the late Roy Marvin Knight and Louise Howell Knight. She was a bookkeeper for six years at the Virginia Diner and 17 years at the Wakefield Farm Service. Grace is survived by two nieces, Toni Harrison and husband, James, of Prince George and Winnie Bucka and husband, Joseph, of Colonial Heights; two great- nephews, James Herbert Harrison, Jr. and wife, Courtney, and Glenville Hankins Nichols; two great-niece, Tiffany Harrison Morris and husband, Scott, and Julie Elizabeth Nichols. She was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Knight Prince. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, Va., with the Rev. Jim Kerr and the Rev. Doug Cotter officiating and assisted by James Harrison. Interment will follow in the Rocky Hock United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, March 14, at Purviance Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Ivor Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 228, Ivor, Va. 23866, or Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 583, Waverly, VA 23890. Purviance Funeral Home assisted the family with the arrangements. Grace Louise (KNIGHT; Mrs. Joseph C.) ROMINES, retired bookkeeper, b. 12 Aug 1920, Sussex Co., d. 11 Mar 2005, Petersburg, interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 59*), Surry Co., 15 Mar 2005, "Progress-Index" (Petersburg, VA), Mar. 13, 2005; posted with Find a Grave Mem. #137010705 *Rocky Hock list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt Her parents & paternal grandparents are buried in the same plot. Her husband's obits ("Daily Press" & "Smithfield Times" & Purviance Funeral Home, Feb. 1995) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/r552j1ob.txt Her father's (donated, 1965) obit is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/k523r2ob.txt Her mother's obits ("Daily Press," June 8, 1980, p. 62, & donated) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k523l2ob.txt Her maternal grandparents, William Alexander & Annie Belle (WILLIAMS) WORRELL, are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland - Episcopal Sect., Plot 17. SCHS Cemetery Project, Riverside list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riversd.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/r552g1ob.txt