Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Savedge, James N. Sr., 1996 

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JAMES NICHOLAS SAVEDGE 

EX-WAKEFIELD MAYOR DIES - 

JAMES SAVEDGE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH BANK FOR 35 YEARS.  BY JOHN LYLE 

  James Nicholas Savedge Sr., former mayor of Wakefield and chairman emeritus 
of the Bank of Sussex and Surry, died Sunday after a brief illness.

  He was 82 and lived in Wakefield.  Mr. Savedge was elected to the Wakefield 
Town Council from 1945 to 1976, serving as president from 1952 to 1962 and 
mayor from 1962 to 1976.

  The native of Wakefield was associated with the Bank of Sussex and Surry in 
an executive capacity for more than 35 years, serving as a director, president 
and retiring in 1994 as chairman emeritus, said his son, William B. Savedge of 
Wakefield.

  In 1936, he graduated from the College of William and Mary, where he was an 
aide to the president, Dr. John Stewart Bryant, and played on the varsity 
baseball team.

  Mr. Savedge was a member of the "7" Society.  Membership is acknowledged 
only when a member dies, said his son.

  He was a member of the Flat Hat Club and the Order of the White Jacket, a 
former president of the Wakefield Ruritan Club and a member of the Wakefield 
Baptist Church.

  Other survivors include his wife, Fay Bryant Savedge, and a daughter, 
Catherine Savedge Schlesinger of Williamsburg.

  One son, James N. Savedge, Jr., died in 1974.

  A service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Wakefield Town Cemetery.

  The family suggests that memorial gifts be made to Tidewater Academy 
Endowment Fund of to the Virginia Affiliate of the American Diabetes 
Association.

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Savedge, 82, Former Mayor of Wakefield 

  WAKEFIELD - James Nicholas Savedge Sr., former mayor of Wakefield and 
chairman emeritus of the Bank of Sussex and Surry, died Sunday after a 
brief illness.  He was 82 and lived in Wakefield.

  Mr. Savedge was elected to the Wakefield Town Council from 1945 to 1976, 
serving as president from 1952 to 1976.

  He held executive positions with the Bank of Sussex and Surry for more 
than 35 years, serving as director and president and retiring in 1994 as 
chairman emeritus, said his son, William B. Savedge of Wakefield.

  He was born in Wakefield, son of the late William H. and Nell Chappell 
Savedge.  In 1936, he graduated from the College of William and Mary, where 
he was an aide to the president, John Stewart Bryan and played on the varsity 
baseball team.

  Mr. Savedge of the "7" Society.  Membership is acknowledged only when a 
member dies, said his son.  He was a member of the Flat Hat Club and the 
Order of the White Jacket, and former president of the Wakefield Ruritan 
Club.  He was a member of Wakefield Baptist Church.

  He is also survived by his wife, Fay Bryant Savedge; a daughter, Catherine 
Savedge Schlesinger of Williamsburg; and a granddaughter, Anne Chappell 
Savedge of Buckingham.  He was preceded in death by a son, James N. Savedge Jr.

  A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in Wakefield Town 
Cemetery.

  The family suggests that memorial gifts be made to Tidewater Academy 
Endowment Fund or to the Virginia Affiliate of the American Diabetes 
Association.

  Arrangements by J.T. Morriss and Son Funeral Home, Petersburg.


James Nicholas SAVEDGE, Sr., retired banker, former councilman & Mayor, 
b. 14 Feb 1914, Sussex Co., d. 1 Aug 1996, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 6 Aug 1996, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Aug. 15, 1996; 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Aug. 6, 1996, p. 20 

*His parents 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 

His widow's obit (R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home, 2016) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/s132f1ob.txt 


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