Hertford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Norfleet, Jesse Cordy 1944
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 12-08-1944, P. 1
JESSE CORDY NORFLEET

MILL ENGINEER DIES FROM INJURIES WHEN HIT BY AUTOMOBILE

   Knocked down by an automobile operated by Kelly Blythe, Franklin young man 
employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Jesse Cordy Norfleet, veteran chief engineer 
of the Camp Manufacturing Company, died Saturday morning at 10:15 o’clock in 
Raiford Memorial Hospital.

   The accident which resulted fatally occurred on Second Avenue in front of the 
Franklin Service Station at 5:45 a.m.  According to young Blythe, who was 
hurrying to park his automobile at the Cavalier Service Station so as to catch 
the Navy Yard bus, Mr. Norfleet appeared suddenly out of nowhere in front of his 
car. In was Mr. Norfleet’s custom to stop at the Franklin Café for an early 
morning cup of coffee on his way to the mill; and it was after leaving the Café 
that he was hit. From all accounts the accident was unavoidable.

   Mr. Norfleet was picked up and brought in the Navy Yard bus to the hospital, 
where it was found that, along with other injuries sustained, both legs and an 
arm had been broken. It was evident from the first that his injuries would 
necessarily prove fatal.

   The victim, who was 67 years old had been in the continuous employ of the 
Camp Manufacturing Company for 48 years, and had worked for the same concern for 
a total of 51 years, entering upon his duties as a young man. The circumstances 
of his untimely passing were particularly distressing to his family and friends, 
since he had lost his wife, Mrs. Minnie Estelle Norfleet, less than two weeks 
ago. He was universally admired and respected by a wide circle of acquaintances 
who knew his true worth as an individual and as a citizen.

   Mr. Norfleet was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Abram Norfleet and is 
survived by three daughters, Mrs. Noland Jordan, Mrs. Herman Caroon and Mrs. 
Cecil Old; 15 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild and one sister, Mrs. Lucy 
Norfleet Scott, of Philadelphia.

   Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon from the Holland Funeral 
Home by the Rev. Ernest W. Aaron and burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. 
Pallbearers were: R.L. Whitfield, J.J. McGee, Abram Norfleet, Jim Norfleet, 
Hersey Fowler, Joseph Fowler, John and Bill Norfleet.


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