Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, A. Louvenia Byrd, 2000 

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LOUVENIA BYRD BLYTHE 

  Louvenia Byrd Blythe, 83, devoted wife, mother and grandmother went to be 
with the Lord Sept. 11, 2000, at Southampton Hospital, East Pavilion.  She 
was born in Nansemond County, Va., and was the widow of William L. Blythe 
Sr.  She was a longtime member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church where she taught 
Sunday School and was a member of the Kingdom Builders Sunday School class. 

  She leaves behind to cherish her loving memory, family, friends and 
caregivers.  She is survived by two daughters, Shelby B. Coggsdale and 
husband, J.W., of Courtland and Carolyn B. Thornton and husband, Bill, of 
Williamsburg; two sons, Bill Blythe and wife, Julie, of Santa Cruz, Calif., 
and Larry Blythe of Carrsville; and a sister, Lucy Holland of Franklin. 

  She was blessed with 10 grandchildren, Vanessa Vick, Donna Taylor, Lori A. 
Coggsdale, Waverly Coggsdale, Amy Beane, Abby Thornton, Emily Blythe, Anna-Lee 
Blythe, Mary Alice Blythe and Jessica Blythe; and 10 great-grandchildren, a 
nephew and a sister-in-law. 

  A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Holland-Rideout Funeral 
Home Chapel.  Burial will follow in Beaver Dam Baptist Church cemetery.  The 
family will receive friends today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home and 
at other times at the home of Shelby Coggsdale, 24304 Willow Circle, 
Courtland. 


Amy Louvenia (BYRD; Mrs. William L.) BLYTHE, 
b. 13 May 1915, Nansemond Co., d. 11 Sep 2000, Franklin, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Carrsville, 13 Sep 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sep. 12, 2000, p. B9 

*Her in-laws are also buried there.  Beaver Dam list (BD-6), an extension of 
   the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

Her parents, Lonnie & Louberta (HOLLAND) BYRD, her step-mother, and both sets 
   of grandparents are buried in a HOLLAND family cemetery, on Trumpet Dr. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-11), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 8, 1956) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b630l9ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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