Kennedy, Granville Skidmore, 1899-1986
Biographical Note
Granville Skidmore Kennedy (1899-1986) was the Director of the Dairy Division of the Virginia State Health Department. His wife Wilma Hoyt Kennedy (1906-1989) was an elementary school teacher in Henrico County and Roanoke County, Virginia. They had three children, including Elizabeth (Betty) Lois Kennedy (1937-1960), a student at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Granville and Wilma lived in Roanoke but moved to Richmond in the mid-1950s. Elizabeth died in a car accident in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1960. Granville also had a sister Linda Lanier Kennedy (1894-1959), whom he helped with her care for multiple sclerosis.
External Sources:
United States Federal Census, 1950, 1960.
"Granville Skidmore Kennedy Sr.," entry, findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60678780/granville-skidmore-kennedy, accessed on October 02, 2024.
"Granville Skidmore Kennedy" entry in the Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1495284:9278, accessed October 23, 2024.
"Elizabeth Lois Aston Kennedy," entry, findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60679400/elizabeth_lois_aston_kennedy, accessed on October 02, 2024.
"Miss Elizabeth Lois Kennedy" entry in the Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1562232:2376, accessed October 23, 2024.
"Linda Lanier Kennedy" entry, findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106834876/linda_lanier_kennedy, accessed on October 02, 2024.
"Linda Lanier Kennedy" entry in the Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1618858:9278, accessed October 23, 2024.
Wilma Kennedy obituary, Roanoke Times and World-News (Roanoke, Va.), August 24, 1989, p. 18, available online from NewsBank at https://infoweb-newsbank-com.ezproxy.lib.vt.edu/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0D13EB2D702F7E0A&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A14706BFBAB0F31E3%2540EANX-16E1BC16C688CF33%25402447763-16B193544FAD7BFC%254017-16B193544FAD7BFC%2540/hlterms%3Akennedy, accessed on October 02, 2024.