Seventh Generation


4610. Raymond Ralph Fitzgerald was born on 28 June 1911 in Rockfish Dist., Nelson Co., VA. Raymond died on 23 March 1987 at the age of 75 at Waynesboro Community Hospital in Waynesboro, Independent City, VA and was buried at Beech Grove Cemetery in Beech Grove, Nelson Co., VA on 25 March 1987.

Obituary, Waynesboro News Virginian, Mar. 23, 1987

BEECH GROVE-Raymond R. Fitzgerald Sr., 75, of Route 1, died Monday morning (March 23) in Waynesboro Community Hospital.

He was born in Beech Grove, June 20, 1911, a son of the late Napoleon D. Fitzgerald and Rose Ella Coffey Fitzgerald.Mr. Fitzgerald was a member of Beech Grove Christian Church and retired from Basic-Witz Furniture Co.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bessie Harris Fitzgerald; two sons, David Lee Fitzgerald and Raymond R. Fitzgerald Jr., both of Beech Grove; two daughters, Mrs. James (Dorothy) Ballowe and Mrs. John (Barbara) Gormes, both of Beech Grove; one sister, Effie Hicks of Nitro, W. Va.; one brother, Tucker Fitzgerald of Lynchburg; and 10 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Hoy Fitzgerald and Tommy Fitzgerald.A service will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Beech Grove Christian Church by the Rev. J. D. Farries. Burial will be Beech Grove Cemetery.

Active pallbearers will be J. L. Thompson Jr., Warren Fitzgerald, Robert Mansfield, John C. Massie, Garth Fields and Delbert Fish.

Honorary pallbearers will be Walter Martin, Robert Campbell, Basil Campbell, Layman Dodd, Worthy Thompson, John L. Thompson, Arthur Truslow Jr., Darrell Stevens, Clyde Perry, Sam Stevens, Joe Palmer, Jesse Bridge, Tim Hess, McAuldman Campbell and Ray Snabley.

The family will receive friends at Byrum-Parr Funeral Home, Roseland, Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m.

Raymond Ralph Fitzgerald and Alice Bessie Harris were married on 13 September 1941.14847 Alice Bessie Harris, daughter of Russell Harris and Letha Martin, was born on 18 September 1922 in Phoenix, Nelson Co., VA. Alice died at University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville Co., VA on 12 May 1992 and was buried at Beech Grove Cemetery in Beech Grove, Nelson Co., VA on 16 May 1992 .14848

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