From Findagrave contributor Cheryl Ayers:
Tecumseh Sherman Berridge, 91, one of the prominent figures of this city, died at his home at the corner of Third Ave., and State Street at 4: p.m. Tuesday. He had been in failing health since his retirement from the insurance business five years ago, and had been confined to his home for a large part of that period.
For 20 years he was a salesman for the Henking-Bovie wholesale grocery company and was known in many circles in this part of the Ohio and Kanawha River valleys. Before his retirement he was the representative for the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Co. From that company he had received the highest honors it could bestow and was the high production underwriter connected with the company. Prior to his becoming a salesman, he taught school at Rio Grande for a period of 15 years.
He received his early schooling at Clay Lick, and later attended and graduated from Rio Grande College. Early in life he became a member of the Methodist church. He was an official of Grace Methodist church and was an honorary member of the official board at the time of his death. He taught St. Johns Bible class for 31 years. Berridge was a member of the Gallipolis board of education for several terms and was serving on that board when Gallia Academy was built in 1916.
A native of the county, he was born on Clay Lick on Jan. 2, 1866, the son of the late Christopher and Sarah Scarberry Berridge. He was one of five children and was the last of his family. His marriage to the former Laura Wallace of Clay Lick took place on July 17, 1889, and they celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary this past month. Mrs. Berridge survives along with a foster daughter, Norma, who has cared for her parents for several years.
Funeral services will be held at 2: p.m. Friday at Miller's Home for Funerals. Rev. Warren H. Wilson will officiate and burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery. The St. Johns Bible class will act as honorary pallbearers. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7: p.m. Wednesday and until the funeral hour.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1957
Transcribed by Sandy Milliron
Tecumseh Sherman Berridge, 91, one of the prominent figures of this city, died at his home at the corner of Third Ave., and State Street at 4: p.m. Tuesday. He had been in failing health since his retirement from the insurance business five years ago, and had been confined to his home for a large part of that period.
For 20 years he was a salesman for the Henking-Bovie wholesale grocery company and was known in many circles in this part of the Ohio and Kanawha River valleys. Before his retirement he was the representative for the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Co. From that company he had received the highest honors it could bestow and was the high production underwriter connected with the company. Prior to his becoming a salesman, he taught school at Rio Grande for a period of 15 years.
He received his early schooling at Clay Lick, and later attended and graduated from Rio Grande College. Early in life he became a member of the Methodist church. He was an official of Grace Methodist church and was an honorary member of the official board at the time of his death. He taught St. Johns Bible class for 31 years. Berridge was a member of the Gallipolis board of education for several terms and was serving on that board when Gallia Academy was built in 1916.
A native of the county, he was born on Clay Lick on Jan. 2, 1866, the son of the late Christopher and Sarah Scarberry Berridge. He was one of five children and was the last of his family. His marriage to the former Laura Wallace of Clay Lick took place on July 17, 1889, and they celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary this past month. Mrs. Berridge survives along with a foster daughter, Norma, who has cared for her parents for several years.
Funeral services will be held at 2: p.m. Friday at Miller's Home for Funerals. Rev. Warren H. Wilson will officiate and burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery. The St. Johns Bible class will act as honorary pallbearers. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7: p.m. Wednesday and until the funeral hour.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1957
Transcribed by Sandy Milliron
From Findagrave contributor Cheryl Ayers:
Tecumseh Sherman Berridge, 91, one of the prominent figures of this city, died at his home at the corner of Third Ave., and State Street at 4: p.m. Tuesday. He had been in failing health since his retirement from the insurance business five years ago, and had been confined to his home for a large part of that period.
For 20 years he was a salesman for the Henking-Bovie wholesale grocery company and was known in many circles in this part of the Ohio and Kanawha River valleys. Before his retirement he was the representative for the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Co. From that company he had received the highest honors it could bestow and was the high production underwriter connected with the company. Prior to his becoming a salesman, he taught school at Rio Grande for a period of 15 years.
He received his early schooling at Clay Lick, and later attended and graduated from Rio Grande College. Early in life he became a member of the Methodist church. He was an official of Grace Methodist church and was an honorary member of the official board at the time of his death. He taught St. Johns Bible class for 31 years. Berridge was a member of the Gallipolis board of education for several terms and was serving on that board when Gallia Academy was built in 1916.
A native of the county, he was born on Clay Lick on Jan. 2, 1866, the son of the late Christopher and Sarah Scarberry Berridge. He was one of five children and was the last of his family. His marriage to the former Laura Wallace of Clay Lick took place on July 17, 1889, and they celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary this past month. Mrs. Berridge survives along with a foster daughter, Norma, who has cared for her parents for several years.
Funeral services will be held at 2: p.m. Friday at Miller's Home for Funerals. Rev. Warren H. Wilson will officiate and burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery. The St. Johns Bible class will act as honorary pallbearers. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7: p.m. Wednesday and until the funeral hour.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1957
Transcribed by Sandy Milliron
Tecumseh Sherman Berridge, 91, one of the prominent figures of this city, died at his home at the corner of Third Ave., and State Street at 4: p.m. Tuesday. He had been in failing health since his retirement from the insurance business five years ago, and had been confined to his home for a large part of that period.
For 20 years he was a salesman for the Henking-Bovie wholesale grocery company and was known in many circles in this part of the Ohio and Kanawha River valleys. Before his retirement he was the representative for the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Co. From that company he had received the highest honors it could bestow and was the high production underwriter connected with the company. Prior to his becoming a salesman, he taught school at Rio Grande for a period of 15 years.
He received his early schooling at Clay Lick, and later attended and graduated from Rio Grande College. Early in life he became a member of the Methodist church. He was an official of Grace Methodist church and was an honorary member of the official board at the time of his death. He taught St. Johns Bible class for 31 years. Berridge was a member of the Gallipolis board of education for several terms and was serving on that board when Gallia Academy was built in 1916.
A native of the county, he was born on Clay Lick on Jan. 2, 1866, the son of the late Christopher and Sarah Scarberry Berridge. He was one of five children and was the last of his family. His marriage to the former Laura Wallace of Clay Lick took place on July 17, 1889, and they celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary this past month. Mrs. Berridge survives along with a foster daughter, Norma, who has cared for her parents for several years.
Funeral services will be held at 2: p.m. Friday at Miller's Home for Funerals. Rev. Warren H. Wilson will officiate and burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery. The St. Johns Bible class will act as honorary pallbearers. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7: p.m. Wednesday and until the funeral hour.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1957
Transcribed by Sandy Milliron
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