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Thornton Whaling “Wallace” Sterrett

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Thornton Whaling “Wallace” Sterrett

Birth
Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Death
30 Sep 1956 (aged 55)
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Burial
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec. 22 - Oak Hill
Memorial ID
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Daughters:
Barbara Arnold Sterrett Davis
B: Jan 09, 1927 in Greenville, SC
D: Jul 19, 1983 in Houston, TX

Mary Lewis Sterrett Vandervoort #83488278

Thornton Whaling "Wallace" Sterrett graduated from Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. Thornton worked for Prudential Insurance Company in Houston, Texas. He was a vice-president of the company at one time.

The following is his obituary:

The Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas of Monday, October 1, 1956, section D. pg. 15 (with a one column photo) reported; "T.W. STERRETT/ DIES AT 55/ RITES TUESDAY---

Funeral services for Thornton W. Sterrett, 55, of 2220 Albans, executive general manager of mortgage loan and investment division of the southwest home office of the Prudential Insurance Co., will be held 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.

He died in his home Sunday night.

Sterrett had been with the Houston office since its opening in 1951. He joined the Prudential, Atlanta, Ga., office in 1929 and was there for nine years in the company's first farm loan office

From Atlanta he went to Indianapolis as the company's farm loan manager; then to the New York, office.

He was a native of Virginia.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Barbara Sterrett, two daughters, Mary Lewis Sterrett, both of Houston, and Mrs. John L. Ballantyne, Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. John K. Davidson, Lexington, Va. and Mrs. Alden Anderson, Staunton, Va., a brother M.N. Sterrett, Raphine, Va., and two grandchildren.

Services will be at the First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Charles L. King officiating. Burial will be under the direction of Stettgest-Kopt Co."
Daughters:
Barbara Arnold Sterrett Davis
B: Jan 09, 1927 in Greenville, SC
D: Jul 19, 1983 in Houston, TX

Mary Lewis Sterrett Vandervoort #83488278

Thornton Whaling "Wallace" Sterrett graduated from Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. Thornton worked for Prudential Insurance Company in Houston, Texas. He was a vice-president of the company at one time.

The following is his obituary:

The Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas of Monday, October 1, 1956, section D. pg. 15 (with a one column photo) reported; "T.W. STERRETT/ DIES AT 55/ RITES TUESDAY---

Funeral services for Thornton W. Sterrett, 55, of 2220 Albans, executive general manager of mortgage loan and investment division of the southwest home office of the Prudential Insurance Co., will be held 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.

He died in his home Sunday night.

Sterrett had been with the Houston office since its opening in 1951. He joined the Prudential, Atlanta, Ga., office in 1929 and was there for nine years in the company's first farm loan office

From Atlanta he went to Indianapolis as the company's farm loan manager; then to the New York, office.

He was a native of Virginia.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Barbara Sterrett, two daughters, Mary Lewis Sterrett, both of Houston, and Mrs. John L. Ballantyne, Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. John K. Davidson, Lexington, Va. and Mrs. Alden Anderson, Staunton, Va., a brother M.N. Sterrett, Raphine, Va., and two grandchildren.

Services will be at the First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Charles L. King officiating. Burial will be under the direction of Stettgest-Kopt Co."


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