Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Traylor, Charles H. Sr., 1970 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ CHARLES HUNTER TRAYLOR A funeral service was held Saturday, February 7 at 2 p.m. for Charles Hunter Traylor Sr., who died Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the Hillcrest Nursing Home, Suffolk. He was 83. Mr. Traylor was a lifelong resident of Wakefield, a merchant and former funeral director. The former treasurer and Deacon of the Wakefield Baptist Church was the son of the late Frederick Spencer and India Laine Traylor. He is survived by his wife, Ray Brittle Traylor of Wakefield; a son, Charles H. Traylor, Jr., all of Wakefield; two sisters, Miss Mary Traylor of Richmond and Mrs. Annie T. Beattie of Chilhowie and two grandsons. The services were held at the Purviance Funeral Chapel, conducted by the Rev. John H. Gettier. Active pallbearers were Robert Hatch, W.C. Seely Sr., J.N. Barker, Stanley Brantley, J.N. Savedge, Edward O’Berry, Chester Laine, B.F. Ellis and Dr. Herman Farley. Charles Hunter TRAYLOR, Sr., merchant & former funeral director, b. 23 Dec 1886, Sussex Co., d. 3 Feb 1970, Suffolk, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 7 Feb 1970, donated obit, publication unknown *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 (donated, 1984) obit is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/t646r2ob.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/t646c1ob.txt