U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Randolph-Macon College, in 1896, studied law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced to practice law in Petersburg, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia State Senate (1912-20), plus was a delegate to many various Democratic Virginia State conventions. He was chairman of the Economy and Efficiency Commission of Virginia (1916-18), chairman of the Virginia State auditing committee (1916-20), chairman of the Virginia State advisory board in 1919 and a member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, in 1925. In 1920, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Walter A. Watson, reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress and to the next thirteen succeeding Congresses, serving until his death at age 72.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Randolph-Macon College, in 1896, studied law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced to practice law in Petersburg, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia State Senate (1912-20), plus was a delegate to many various Democratic Virginia State conventions. He was chairman of the Economy and Efficiency Commission of Virginia (1916-18), chairman of the Virginia State auditing committee (1916-20), chairman of the Virginia State advisory board in 1919 and a member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, in 1925. In 1920, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Walter A. Watson, reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress and to the next thirteen succeeding Congresses, serving until his death at age 72.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Inscription
. Patrick Henry Drewry
May 24, 1875 - Dec. 21, 1947
. His Wife
. Mary E. Metcalf Drewry
Apr. 2, 1871 - Feb. 23, 1959
. William Emmett Drewry
Aug. 12, 1913 - Jan. 25, 1938
. Wife of P. H. D. Jr.
. Tennie D. Drewry
. Thelma H. Drewry
Sept. 21, 1907 - Aug. 8, 1951
. Wife of
. Dr. P. H. Drewry Jr.
Mar. 21, 1907 - Apr. 8, 1980
. Tennie Daugette Drewry
Sept. 12, 1906 - June 21, 1974
Gravesite Details
The inscription on the monument above show Tennie D. Drewry without specifics and in a confusing location. A second tombstone is located nearby shows her birth death dates.
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