John Benjamin Sterrett, PhD

John married Rachel Joyce Livingstone. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1930 Census
Name: John D Stuartt [Sterrett]
Birth Year: abt 1918
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son (Child)
Home in 1930: South River, Rockbridge, Virginia
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
John D Sterrett 40
Mary L Sterrett 40
John D Sterrett 12
James R Sterrett 8

OBITUARY

Daily Press, Newport News, VA; 31 January 2005

JOHN DOUGLAS 'PETE' STERRETT JR. Yorktown, John Douglas "Pete" Sterrett Jr., 87, died at Riverside Convalescent Center Friday, Jan. 28, 2005. He was born in Rockbridge Co., Va., Aug. 22, 1917, to Mary Lackey Sterrett and John Douglas Sterrett . After graduation from Washington and Lee University in 1938, he married Lula McCorkle Moore, also of Rockbridge County.

During World War II, Pete served as a research physicist with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Silver Springs, Md., developing the proximity fuse for the U.S. Navy. In 1945, he was sent to Europe as a scientific consultant when the fuse was first introduced for use by Army artillery.

As WWII ended in the European Theater, he remained for six weeks working with the Alsos Mission (now CIA) as part of a team to trace similar fuse projects under development in Germany.

Following WWII he returned to Lexington where he became manager of the Rockbridge Farmer's Co-op and a part-time farmer. Later, Pete served two terms as the Rockbridge County Treasurer. Beginning as a cashier in the Rockbridge National Bank, he moved on to serve as President of First National Farmer's Bank in Wytheville. There, he became Senior Vice President and Manager when the bank merged with First National Exchange Bank of Roanoke. He was a graduate of Maryland-Virginia Bank Management School at University of Virginia, and American Institute of Banking. In 1972, he became President of Dominion Bank of the Peninsula where he organized offices in Williamsburg, Hampton, and Newport News. He retired as President of the Dominion Bank of Smithfield in 1979.

After retiring from banking, he became the first Executive Director of York County Industrial Development. In 1976, in partnership with his son-in-law, Roger Copenhaver and Ronald Wade, he founded the Grafton True Value Hardware Store.

Always active in church wherever he lived, Pete served as an Elder in the Timber Ridge, Wytheville, Williamsburg and Yorkminster Presbyterian Churches. He was also heavily involved in community affairs and was associated with many organizations in the communities in which he lived.

Pete was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, James Robert Sterrett of Hampton. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Lula Moore Sterrett; three children, Rev. John Douglas "Doug" Sterrett III and wife, Rachel, of Warm Springs, Va., Martha Sterrett Schoonmaker and husband, Bill, of Centreville, Va., and Susan Sterrett Copenhaver and husband, Roger, of Yorktown, Va.; seven grandchildren, John B. Sterrett, Joseph W. Sterrett, Jonathan R. Grover, M. Todd Grover, Christine M. Schoonmaker, James W. Schoonmaker III and Anna K. Copenhaver. He also has three great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Ann Berry Sterrett of Hampton; and two nieces.

Memorial Services will be held at Yorkminster Presbyterian Church in Yorktown, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m., and at Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Va., on Thursday, Feb. 3, at 2 p.m., with Inurnment in the Old Stone Church Cemetery.

Expressions of sympathy may be made in memory of Mr. Sterrett to Yorkminster Presbyterian Church for their Building Fund, 6218 George Washington Memorial Highway, Yorktown, VA 23692, or to the Southeastern Correctional Ministries, 40 Kings Way, Hampton, VA.

Arrangements by Amory Funeral Home, Grafton.


Birth:
Social Security Death Index
Name: John D. Sterrett
Last Residence: 23608 Newport News, Newport News City, Virginia
BORN: 22 Aug 1917
Died: 28 Jan 2005
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)

Buried:
Grave location, portrait, obituary, and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93089166

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: John Douglas Sterrett
Death Date: 28 Jan 2005
Death Place: Newport News, VA

John married Lula Moore. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

For more information on this family, contact John Douglas Sterrett. III dougsterrett@gmail.com

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

Name: John D Sterrett
Age: 9
Birth Date: Feb 1891
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: South River, Rockbridge, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Frank Sterrett
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Bell D Sterrett
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Frank Sterrett 40
Bell D Sterrett 33
Mattie R Sterrett 10
John D Sterrett 9

1930 Census
Name: John D Stuartt [John D Sterrett]
Birth Year: abt 1890
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: South River, Rockbridge, Virginia
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: Yes
Age at First Marriage: 25
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Dairy Farm
Class of Worker: Employer
Employment: Yes
War: No
Household Members:
John D Sterret 40
Mary L Sterret 40
John D Sterret 12
James R Sterret 8

OBITUARY

The Lexington Gazette, Lexington, VA; 8 Dec 1971

John Douglas Sterrett, 82, of Rt. 5 Lexington died Tuesday at the Stonewall Jackson Extended Care Facility.
Born Feb. 19, 1889 in Rockbridge County, he was the son of the late Ira Franklin Sterrett adn Isabel Dunlap MacKey Sterrett.

Mr. Sterrett was a member of the Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church and served as elder and elder emeritus in the church for 63 years. He was one of the organizers and past president of the Rockbridge Farmers Cooperative. Mr. Sterrett was a former dairy farmer.

Mr. Sterrett developed the Meadowview subdivision. He was chairman of the Rockbridge County Planning Commission from Jan.1 1959 to Jan. 1 1962. A former Rotarian, he was past president of the Rockbridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co.

Surviving are two sons, John D. Sterrett, Jr. of Wytheville and James Robert Sterrett of Hampton; a sister Mrs. Mattie Reid Parkins of Newark, Del; five grandchildren and two great- grandchildren.

The Rev. John Stanley and the Rev. William Ramkey will conduct a funeral service tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Timber Ridge "Old Stone" Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in the Timber Ridge "Old Stone" Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Birth:
Social Security Death Index
Name: John Sterrett
SSN: 228-01-3435
Last Residence: 24450 Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia
BORN: 18 Feb 1889
Died: Dec 1971
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)

Buried:
Grave location and obituary:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65240252

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: John Douglas Sterrett Sr
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 82
Birth Date: 19 Feb 1889
Death Date: 7 Dec 1971
Death Place: Lexington, Virginia
Registration Date: 16 Dec 1971
Father: Ira Franklin Sterrett
Mother: Isabel Dunlap Mackey
Spouse: Mary Lackey Sterrett

John married Mary Eglentine Lackey. Mary was born 26 Jan 1890, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 23 Jan 1961, Charlottesvile, Albemarle Co. VA; was buried , Timber Ridge ARP Church Cemetery, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Census
Name: Mary E Lackey
Age: 9
Birth Date: Jun 1890
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: South River, Rockbridge, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: James H Lackey
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Mary M Lackey
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
James H Lackey 53
Mary M Lackey 50
Isabel M Lackey 22
Jeannett M Lackey 20
Henry T Lackey 18
Saml I Lackey 16
James R Lackey 12
Mary E Lackey 9
Henry A Lackey 8

1930 Census
Name: Mary L Stuartt [Sterrett]
Birth Year: abt 1890
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker: Yes
Home in 1930: South River, Rockbridge, Virginia
Age at First Marriage: 24
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
John D Sterrett 40
Mary L Sterrett 40
John D Sterrett 12
James R Sterrett 8

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65240474

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Mary E Sterrett
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 70
Birth Date: 17 Jan 1890
Death Date: 23 Jan 1961
Death Place: Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia
Registration Date: 31 Jan 1961
Father: James H Lackey
Mother: Margaret Brown
Spouse: John D Sterrett