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Sallie Eppes <I>Hargrave</I> Short

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Sallie Eppes Hargrave Short

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13 Dec 1986 (aged 93)
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Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Ward J, Section 4, Square 6, E 1/2 Center
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
December 15, 1986
A funeral for Mrs. Sallie Eppes Hargrave Short, known for restoration and preservation of Dinwiddie County records, was held today in the J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home's Petersburg chapel. Burial was in Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg.
Mrs. Short, 93, died Saturday in a Petersburg medical center. She was the widow of Earl Broaddus Short.
In 1961, she joined the Frances Bland Randolph Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. From 1962 until 1980, she served as chapter chairman of the Preservation and Restoration Records Committee, and from 1974 until 1980 was chairman of genealogical records.
In 1971, Mrs. Short completed the indexing of the 1791 Dinwiddie County Order Book, the oldest surviving record book of the county. She also initiated and supervised the restoration of the Sussex County Deed Book A, which covers 1754 until 1759.
She was an honorary life and executive committee member, founder and former president of the Society of the Descendants of Francis Epes
A Dinwiddie native, she graduated in 1913 from Farmville State Normal School, now Longwood College, and attended the social work school of Richmond Professional Institute, now part of Virginia Commonwealth University.
Before her marriage in 1923, she taught and supervised schools in Virginia.
Survivors include one grandson and two great-grandchildren.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
December 15, 1986
A funeral for Mrs. Sallie Eppes Hargrave Short, known for restoration and preservation of Dinwiddie County records, was held today in the J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home's Petersburg chapel. Burial was in Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg.
Mrs. Short, 93, died Saturday in a Petersburg medical center. She was the widow of Earl Broaddus Short.
In 1961, she joined the Frances Bland Randolph Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. From 1962 until 1980, she served as chapter chairman of the Preservation and Restoration Records Committee, and from 1974 until 1980 was chairman of genealogical records.
In 1971, Mrs. Short completed the indexing of the 1791 Dinwiddie County Order Book, the oldest surviving record book of the county. She also initiated and supervised the restoration of the Sussex County Deed Book A, which covers 1754 until 1759.
She was an honorary life and executive committee member, founder and former president of the Society of the Descendants of Francis Epes
A Dinwiddie native, she graduated in 1913 from Farmville State Normal School, now Longwood College, and attended the social work school of Richmond Professional Institute, now part of Virginia Commonwealth University.
Before her marriage in 1923, she taught and supervised schools in Virginia.
Survivors include one grandson and two great-grandchildren.

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