Sussex County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Savedge, M. Fay Bryant, 2016 

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MARGARET FAY BRYANT SAVEDGE 

  Wakefield - Fay Bryant Savedge, 99, of Wakefield, VA passed away peacefully 
Sunday, March 13, 2016.  Born June 14, 1916 in Richmond, VA, she was the 
daughter of the late John W. and Ethel C. Bryant.  She was also preceded in 
death by her husband, James N. Savedge, Sr. and her son, James N. Savedge, Jr.

  Mrs. Savedge spent her summers in her cherished Shenandoah Valley of 
Virginia.  She graduated from John Marshall High School in Richmond, VA and 
graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1937, where she was a member 
of the Kappa Delta Sorority.  After graduation, Mrs. Savedge taught in the 
Sussex County Public School System in Wakefield and was a founding board 
member and teacher at Tidewater Academy.  She also worked with her husband at 
Savedge Insurance Agency in Wakefield as a licensed insurance agent.

  Mrs. Savedge was a charter member of the Wakefield Woman's Club, a member of 
Thomas Rolfe Branch of the APVA (Preservation Virginia), a member of the 
Frances Bland Randolph Chapter of NSDAR, a charter member of the General 
Mahone Chapter of UDC, a member of the Wakefield United Methodist Church, an 
organizing member of the Sussex County Historical Society and a member of the 
Surry County Historical Society.  Her research and work is well known and 
respected in both genealogy and local history as evidenced in many local 
publications.

  Left to cherish her memory is her daughter, Catherine S. Schlesinger; a son, 
William B. "Buddy" Savedge (Sarah P. Savedge); grandchildren, Anne S. Mayes 
(Michael Mayes), Kim R. Quann (Ryan Quann), David S. "Scooter" Russell, III, 
and A. Kelly Simmers (Jason Simmers); seven great-grandchildren and beloved 
cousins, Sharon Brydges and Margaret Harris.

  A graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday, March 17, 2016 at the 
Wakefield Cemetery, 205 West Church Street Wakefield, VA 23888.  The family 
will receive friends immediately following the service in the fellowship hall 
of Wakefield United Methodist Church.  In lieu of flowers, the family requests 
memorial donations be made to Tidewater Academy P.O. Box 1000 Wakefield, VA 
23888 or Wakefield United Methodist Church P.O. Box 87 Wakefield, VA 23888. 
R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home, Wakefield Chapel is serving the family.

  Condolences may be posted at www.rwbakerfh.com.


Margaret Fay (BRYANT; Mrs. James Nicholas Sr.) SAVEDGE, of Wakefield, 
former teacher & insurance agent, 
b. 14 Jun 1916, Richmond, d. 13 Mar 2016, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 17 Mar 2016, 
R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home obit 

An obit also appeared in "The Virginia-Pilot," Mar. 15, 2016. 

*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" & "Daily Press," Aug. 1996) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/s132j1ob.txt 

Her parents are marked in Edgewood [Mt. Horeb Presbyterian Church] Cemetery, 
   Weyers Cave, Augusta Co. (Find a Grave Mem. #111423235 &c.)  Her maternal 
   grandparents, Dorsey Redifer & "Maggie" Margaret E. (COLLIER) WONDERLEY, 
   are also buried there. 

Her father's D.Cert. (40150 {Richmond #3615}) gives b. 24 Oct 1880, TX, son 
   of W.M. & Elvin (WILKINSON) BRYANT; lithographer for Everette Waddy Co.; 
   d. 17 Dec 1918, Richmond, of Lobar pneumonia, following Grippe [influenza]; 
   bu. 18 Dec 1918, Basis[?] City, VA; J.W. Bliley, undertaker. 

His death announcement ("Richmond {VA} Times-Dispatch," Dec. 18, 1918, p. 10): 

BRYANT. - Died, after brief illness, at his home, 1414 Third Avenue, Richmond, 
  Va., J. WILLIAM BRYANT, son of the late William Nelson and late Elvira 
Bryant, of Dallas, Tex.  He leaves a widow and three children, Dorsey, aged 
eight; Harold Wonderley, five and a half, and Margaret Fay, two and a half 
years, who deeply mourn his departure. 
  Dallas, Tex., Harrisonburg and Staunton papers please copy. 


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