Mills Parker Daughtrey Jr.

   Another name for Mills was Pete.

  General Notes:

The SSDI records:
Mills P. Daughtrey
SSN: 225-22-6673
Last Residence: 23851 Franklin, Franklin City, Virginia
Born: 12 Jul 1925
Died: 11 Aug 2009
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)

The Virginian Pilot - (Aug/12/2009)
Mills P. Daughtrey Sr. FRANKLIN - Mills Parker "Pete" Daughtrey Sr., 84, widower of Annie Mae Turner Daughtrey, died Aug. 11, 2009, at Sentara Leigh Memorial Hospital. He was born in Nansemond County, a son of the late Edwin Parker and Sadie Holland Daughtrey and was predeceased by two sisters, Nell Story and Faye Turner and one brother, Thomas E. Daughtrey. Pete was a retired assistant postmaster for the Franklin Post Office and was a former brakeman for the railroad as a young man. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a retired first sergeant for the Virginia National Guard. Pete was a 50-year Mason, a former president of the Carrsville Ruritan Club and was a member of Franklin Congregational Christian Church. He was an avid gardener who enjoyed sharing his vegetables with friends. Left to cherish his memory are his daughter, Robin D. Collins and husband Kevin of Berryville; his son, Mills Parker Daughtrey Jr.; granddaughter, Ashley Daughtrey, both of Suffolk; two sisters, Anne O'Brien of Franklin and Gladys Atkins of Midlothian; two brothers, Raymond Daughtrey of Holland and Edwin Daughtrey Jr. of Franklin; and a host of nieces and nephews. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Wright Funeral Home with the Rev. James H. Hyatt Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in Poplar Spring Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Wright Funeral Home and suggests memorials be made to the Franklin Congregational Christian Church, 412 North High St., Franklin, VA 23851. www.wrightfuneralhome.org.
Published in The Virginian Pilot on August 12, 2009

Mills married Annie Mae Turner, daughter of Arthur William Turner and Minnie Roundtree, circa 1953. (Annie Mae Turner was born on 20 Dec 1926, died on 25 Jul 2007 in Franklin (Southampton Co.), VA and was buried in Poplar Springs Cemetery, Franklin, Virginia.)