Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Threewitts, James A., 1991 

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JAMES ALBERT THREEWITTS 

  DENDRON - James Albert Threewitts, 69, died Mar. 2, in Stuart Circle 
Hospital, Richmond.

  He was a native of Littleton, N.C.  He retired in 1987 as post-master 
of the Dendron Post Office after 28 years.  He had been a farmer.

  He was a deacon and Sunday school director of Dendron Baptist Church 
and was a former member and board chairman of the Surry County Social 
Service Board.  He was a member of Surry Ruritan Club, the Wakefield 
Masonic Lodge 198 and Scottish Rites of Newport News and the Thomas Rolfe 
Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. 
He was a World War II Navy veteran who served on the troop carrier 
William P. Biddle.

  Survivors include his wife, Nancy R. Faison Threewitts; three sons, J. 
Barry Threewitts of Harrisonburg, Robert F. Threewitts of Keezletown and 
Thomas R. Threewitts of Dendron; a sister, Virginia Edmonds of Roanoke 
Rapids, N.C.; a brother, W.T. Threewitts, Jr. of Carry, N.C.; and five 
grandchildren.

  A funeral was conducted Mar. 4 in Purviance Funeral Home by the Revs. 
Parker Hooper and Philip R. Hart.  Burial was in Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family request that expressions of sympathy take the form of 
contributions to Dendron Baptist Church or to the American Cancer Society, 
Surry County Unit, Chairman, Clifton Barfield, Dendron, VA 23839.

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JAMES ALBERT THREEWITTS 

  James Albert Threewitts, 69, a resident of Dendron, VA, died Saturday, 
March 2.  He was a native of Littleton, NC, a retired postmaster of Dendron, 
VA and a member of the Dendron Baptist Church.  He was a veteran of the Navy 
WWII.  He is survived by his wife, Nancy Faison Threewitts of Dendron; three 
sons, J. Barry Threewitts of Harrisonburg, Robert F. Threewitts, Keezletown, 
Thomas R. Threewitts of Dendron; a sister, Mrs. Clarence Edmonds of Roanoke 
Rapids, NC; a brother, W.T Threewitts, Jr. of Cary, NC; five grandchildren, 
Kathryn, Christopher, Lee, Jason and Patrick Blake Threewitts.  Funeral 
services will be held Monday, March 4 at 2:00 p.m. in the Purviance Funeral 
Home, Wakefield.  Burial will be in the Wakefield Cemetery.  Family will 
receive friends at the funeral home Sunday 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.  Memorials are 
suggested to the American Cancer Society or the Dendron Baptist Church. 


James Albert THREEWITTS, retired Dendron postmaster, former farmer, 
Navy veteran of WW-II, 
b. 24 Mar 1921, Littleton, Halifax Co., NC, d. 2 Mar 1991, Richmond, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 4 Mar 1991, 
Purviance Funeral Home obit 
"Richmond (VA) News Leader," Mar. 2, 1991 

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

His widow 2m. Dr. Robert C. HUGHES, but is buried with James. 
   Her obit ("Daily Press," Jan. 17, 2011, p. A-6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/h220n1ob.txt 

His parents, Williamson Turner & Neta Mae (BAKER) THREEWITTS, 
   are buried in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Littleton, NC. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #84759683 &c.) 


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