Death announcement from the May 13, 1909 Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, Va.):
"Times Dispatch Bureau, Petersburg, Va. May 12---George Alexander Minetree, one of our best known and highly esteemed citizens, and for many years past the assistant postmaster in this city, died this morning at 8 o'clock in the Petersburg Hospital, where for some weeks he had been under treatment as a patient. Mr. Minetree had been in ill health and a sufferer for many months, and recently underwent a delicate operation at the hospital, performed with the hope of benefiting his position. Mr. Minetree was born in Petersburg September 1843 and was consequently in the sixty-sixth year of his age. He was for many years a prominent druggist in this city. He was a brother of the late Colonel Joseph P. Minetree, and is survived by three sisters, Mrs. M.W. Pyne of Petersburg, Mrs. Arthur Gray and Mrs. W.T. Payne of Norfolk. Also by one brother, T.J. Minetree of this city. Mr. Minetree was a man of highly attractive personality, and a true type of the Virginia gentleman.
Mr. Minetree was a Confederate veteran, and surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse. He was a member of A.P. Hill Camp, of Blandford Lodge of Masons, and of the Order of Royal Arcanum."
He was buried on May 14, 1909.
"Times Dispatch Bureau, Petersburg, Va. May 12---George Alexander Minetree, one of our best known and highly esteemed citizens, and for many years past the assistant postmaster in this city, died this morning at 8 o'clock in the Petersburg Hospital, where for some weeks he had been under treatment as a patient. Mr. Minetree had been in ill health and a sufferer for many months, and recently underwent a delicate operation at the hospital, performed with the hope of benefiting his position. Mr. Minetree was born in Petersburg September 1843 and was consequently in the sixty-sixth year of his age. He was for many years a prominent druggist in this city. He was a brother of the late Colonel Joseph P. Minetree, and is survived by three sisters, Mrs. M.W. Pyne of Petersburg, Mrs. Arthur Gray and Mrs. W.T. Payne of Norfolk. Also by one brother, T.J. Minetree of this city. Mr. Minetree was a man of highly attractive personality, and a true type of the Virginia gentleman.
Mr. Minetree was a Confederate veteran, and surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse. He was a member of A.P. Hill Camp, of Blandford Lodge of Masons, and of the Order of Royal Arcanum."
He was buried on May 14, 1909.
Death announcement from the May 13, 1909 Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, Va.):
"Times Dispatch Bureau, Petersburg, Va. May 12---George Alexander Minetree, one of our best known and highly esteemed citizens, and for many years past the assistant postmaster in this city, died this morning at 8 o'clock in the Petersburg Hospital, where for some weeks he had been under treatment as a patient. Mr. Minetree had been in ill health and a sufferer for many months, and recently underwent a delicate operation at the hospital, performed with the hope of benefiting his position. Mr. Minetree was born in Petersburg September 1843 and was consequently in the sixty-sixth year of his age. He was for many years a prominent druggist in this city. He was a brother of the late Colonel Joseph P. Minetree, and is survived by three sisters, Mrs. M.W. Pyne of Petersburg, Mrs. Arthur Gray and Mrs. W.T. Payne of Norfolk. Also by one brother, T.J. Minetree of this city. Mr. Minetree was a man of highly attractive personality, and a true type of the Virginia gentleman.
Mr. Minetree was a Confederate veteran, and surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse. He was a member of A.P. Hill Camp, of Blandford Lodge of Masons, and of the Order of Royal Arcanum."
He was buried on May 14, 1909.
"Times Dispatch Bureau, Petersburg, Va. May 12---George Alexander Minetree, one of our best known and highly esteemed citizens, and for many years past the assistant postmaster in this city, died this morning at 8 o'clock in the Petersburg Hospital, where for some weeks he had been under treatment as a patient. Mr. Minetree had been in ill health and a sufferer for many months, and recently underwent a delicate operation at the hospital, performed with the hope of benefiting his position. Mr. Minetree was born in Petersburg September 1843 and was consequently in the sixty-sixth year of his age. He was for many years a prominent druggist in this city. He was a brother of the late Colonel Joseph P. Minetree, and is survived by three sisters, Mrs. M.W. Pyne of Petersburg, Mrs. Arthur Gray and Mrs. W.T. Payne of Norfolk. Also by one brother, T.J. Minetree of this city. Mr. Minetree was a man of highly attractive personality, and a true type of the Virginia gentleman.
Mr. Minetree was a Confederate veteran, and surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse. He was a member of A.P. Hill Camp, of Blandford Lodge of Masons, and of the Order of Royal Arcanum."
He was buried on May 14, 1909.
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