Madison McClung Sterrett, Sr.

1899 - 1975  (75 years)

• Name	Madison McClung Sterrett
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	01 Oct 1899	Rockbridge Co. VA
  	Social Security Death Index Name: Madison Sterrett SSN: 227-24-0113 Last Residence: 24472 Raphine, Rockbridge, Virginia BORN: 1 Oct 1899 Died: Mar 1975 State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Mar 1975	Rockbridge Co. VA
  	Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia Name: Madison Mcclung Sterrett Sr Gender: Male Race: White Age at Death: 75 Birth Date: 1 Oct 1899 Death Date: 19 Mar 1975 Death Place: Raphine, Rockbridge County, Virginia Registration Date: 24 Mar 1975 Father: Madison Mcclung Sterrett Mother: Laura Smith Sterrett Spouse: Edna Morton Sterrett
  Buried	New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery Raphine Rockbridge Co. VA
  	Grave location, obituary, and tombstone photo: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63687295
  Notes	CENSUS RECORDS 1900 Census Name: Mack M Sterrett [Mack M Sterrett Jr] Age: 1 Birth Date: Sep 1899 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: Mack M Sterrett Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's name: Laura Sterrett Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Household Members: Mack M Sterrett 32 Laura Sterrett 23 [33] Cornelia S Sterrett 12 Reed Sterrett 10 Isabel Sterrett 9 Allie Sterrett 8 Frank Sterrett 6 Edward Sterrett 3 Mack M Sterrett 1 Margarett Jarvis 24 [servant] Margarett Jarvis 11 months Frank Jarvis 3 1910 Census Name: Madison Mc L Stenett [Madison Mc Sterrett] Age in 1910: 10 Birth Year: abt 1900 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1910: South River, Rockbridge, Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Nephew Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Household Members: Stuart T Thompson 58 Isabella D Thompson 59 Mary T Thompson 23 Madison Mc L Sterrett 10 1930 Census Name: Madison M Starritt [Sterrett] Birth Year: abt 1900 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Virginia Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1930: Walkers Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia Home Owned or Rented: Owned Radio Set: No Lives on Farm: Yes Age at First Marriage: 20 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: Gen Farming Class of Worker: Employer Employment: Yes Household Members: Madison M Sterrett 30 Edna D Sterrett 33 Mary T Sterrett 6 Madison M Sterrett 4 OBITUARY News-Gazette, Lexington, VA; 26 March 1975 Madison McClung Sterrett, 75, prominent Rockbridge farmer and civic leader, died last Wednesday at his home near Brownsburg. A descendant of Archibald Alexander, one of the early settlers of Rockbridge County, Mr. Sterrett was born in Rockbridge Oct. 1, 1899 and was the son of the late Madison McClung Sterrett and Laura Smith Sterrett. At the time of his death he was the senior partner of the M.M. Sterrett and Son Dairy Farm, one of the largest dairy operations in the county. In 1927 Mr. Sterrett purchased the farm near Brownsburg which had been part of the extensive acerage of his great-grandfather, Samuel Willson. Willson had made major additions to the house on the property, which according to family records was built in 1746 and which was known in earlier years as Mulberry Grove. In the depression years of the 1930s, while the family continued to operate a farm, Mr. Sterrett was associated for a period with the Civilian Conservation Corps in beautification work along the Skyline Drive. He converted his general farming operation into a dairy farm in 1947. Mr. Sterrett's community service included a period of eight years, from 1952 to 1960, as trustee from Walkers Creek District on the Rockbridge County School Board. He was a member of the Lexington advisory board of the First National Exchange Bank and of the predecessor board of the Peoples National Bank of Lexington from 1953 to 1973. Mr. Sterrett had served as chairman of the board of deacons of New Providence Presbyterian Church, had been a past president of the Brownsburg Ruritan Club, and had been a member for 12 years of the board of Rockbridge Farmers Cooperative. He was elected in 1946 a director from Walkers Creek on the board of the Rockbridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and served on the board until his retirement in March 1974. He had been a director of the Rockbridge Artifical Breeding Association and a member of the Rockbridge-Alleghany Dairy Herd Improvement Association. He is survived by his wife, Edna Morton Sterrett; a son, Madison McClung Sterrett Jr. of Brownsburg; a daughter, Mrs. Bruce Alexander Lipscomb of Fairfield; two sisters, Mrs. John K. Davidson of Lexington and Mrs. Alden S. Anderson of Staunton; and four grandchildren. The Rev. David Coblentz conducted a funeral service Friday at 11 a.m. in New Providence Presbyterian Church cemetery.
  Person ID	I30994	Master File
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Madison McClung Sterrett,   b. 30 Nov 1857, Rockbridge Co. VA ,   d. 03 Apr 1901, Rockbridge Co. VA  (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Annie Laura Smith,   b. 08 Oct 1866, Augusta Co. VA ,   d. 27 Feb 1936, Badin, Stanly Co. NC  (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F13043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edna Watkins Morton,   b. 28 Oct 1896, Minas Gerais, Brazil ,   d. 25 May 1980, Rockbridge Co. VA  (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. Mary Thompson Sterrett,   b. 26 Dec 1923, Rockbridge Co. VA + 2. Madison McClung Sterrett, Jr,   b. 10 Nov 1925, Rockbridge Co. VA ,   d. 27 Feb 2013, Rockbridge Co. VA  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F13055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart