Maria Tate Sterrett

Female 1902 - 1994  (92 years)


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  • Name Maria Tate Sterrett 
    Born 04 Sep 1902  Rockbridge Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
      Name: Tate Sterrett Swecker
      SSN: 225481147
      Gender: Female
      Race: White
      Birth Date: 4 Sep 1902
      Birth Place: Rockbridge Baths, Virginia
      Father Name: Charles R Sterrett
      Mother Name: Angeline W Dunlap
      Death Date: 22 Dec 1994
      Type of Claim: Original SSN.
      Notes: Mar 1955: Name listed as TATE STERRETT SWECKER; 31 Dec 1994: Name listed as TATE S SWECKER
    Gender Female 
    Died 22 Dec 1994  Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
      Name: Maria Tate Swecker
      Death Date: 22 Dec 1994
      Death Place: Rockingham Co. VA
    Buried Blue Grass Cemetery, Blue Grass, Highland Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • CENSUS RECORDS

      1910 Census
      Name: Maria F Sterrett
      Age in 1910: 7
      Birth Year: abt 1903
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Home in 1910: Walker Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia
      Race: White
      Gender: Female
      Relation to Head of House: Grandniece
      Marital Status: Single
      Father's Birthplace: Virginia
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
      Household Members:
      William M Sterrett 83
      Annie W Sterrett 43
      Amelia A Sterrett 20
      Bettie B Sterrett 18
      Rebecca R Sterrett 16
      William R Sterrett 14
      Bailey D Sterrett 12
      Fannie H Sterrett 10
      Maria F Sterrett 7
      Annie R Sterrett 6
      Mary S Terry 18
      Harry H Sensabaugh 18

      OBITUARY

      Highland Recorder, Monterey, VA; 6 January 1995

      Maria Tate Sterrett Swecker, 92, of Sunnyside Presbyterian Retirement Center, formerly of Blue Grass, died Thursday evening, Dec. 22, 1994 at the center in Harrisonburg.

      She was born on Sept. 4, 1902 at Rockbridge Baths, a daughter of Charles Reid and Angeline Wallace Dunlap Sterrett.

      She was a member of the Crabbottom Presbyterian Church and Women of the Church. She was a graduate of Farmville State Teachers' College which is now Longwood College. She was a member of the Highland Extension Club, and a member of the Highland Retired Teachers Association.

      Her husband, Jennings Judy Swecker, died Jan. 13, 1962.

      Surviving are two daughters, Mary Judy Riddick of Franklin and Betty S. Abbott of Pulaski; four sons William S. of Stuarts Draft, George R. and Robert T., both of Monterey, and James L. Swecker of Beckley, W. Va.; 16 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

      Mrs. Swecker was preceded in death by a daughter, Frances Swecker Crown on Sept. 7, 1980, and an infant son, Jennings Judy Swecker, Jr.

      A funeral was conducted at 2 p.m. Dec. 26 in the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, formerly the Crabbottom Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. C. William Cox with burial in the Blue Grass Cemetery.

      Pallbearers were grandsons, James Crown, Robert W. Abbott, Jr., Jesse J. Swecker, J.L. Swecker, John R. Swecker, Dr. William S. Swecker, Jr. adn David W. Kiser and W.C. Rexrode.

      Honorary pallbearers were friends attending the service.

      Memorials may be made to the Presbyterian Retirement Community, 100 Sunnyside Drive, Harrisonburg, Va 222801 or to charity of choice.

    Person ID I31117  Master File
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2015 

    Father Charles Reid Sterrett,   b. 23 Mar 1864, Rockbridge Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Dec 1903, Rockbridge Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Angeline Wallace (Annie) Dunlap,   b. 17 Jan 1867, Rockbridge Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1916, Rockbridge Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Family ID F13079  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jennings Judy Swecker, Sr.,   b. 20 Dec 1896, Highland Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1962, Highland Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Children 
    +1. William Sterrett Swecker,   b. 15 Mar 1925, Highland Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 2012, Augusta Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. Jennings Judy Swecker, Jr.,   b. 19 May 1928, Highland Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1928, Highland Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +3. George Reid Swecker,   b. 02 May 1926, Highland Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Jan 2013, Rockingham Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     4. Frances Celia Swecker,   b. 10 May 1927, Augusta Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1980, Frederick Co. MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     5. Betty Ann Swecker,   b. ca 1930, Highland Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Robert Tate Swecker,   b. 08 Sep 1932, Highland Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Apr 2000, Highland Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     7. James Leland Swecker,   b. 13 Jul 1934, Highland Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Mary Judy Swecker,   b. 07 Oct 1938, Highland Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2015 
    Family ID F13098  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart