Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gwaltney, Jesse H., 1933 

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JESSE HENRY GWALTNEY 

JESSE H. GWALTNEY, 50* DIES AT WINDSOR 

Was Long Prominent Banker and Member of County School Board 

  Jesse H. Gwaltney, 56*, one of Isle of Wight's most prominent and beloved 
citizens, died Sunday night at his home near Windsor, after an illness of 
several months.

  Mr. Gwaltney was a director of the Farmers' Bank of Windsor, a charter 
member of the Windsor Ruritan Club, a member of the Isle of Wight school 
board, member of the Windsor Christian Church, and a member of Purdie Lodge 
170, A.F. & A.M.

  He was widely known though-out the county for his activity in charitable, 
social and civic work.

  Surviving Mr. Gwaltney are his wife, Mrs. Bettie Cleopas [sic; Clee*] 
Gwaltney and 11 children; J.J. Gwaltney, of Emporia; Miss Mildred Gwaltney, 
of Norfolk; Mrs. B.K. Johnson of Windsor; Misses Martha, Eloise, Dorothy 
Gwaltney and Henry, Thomas, Robert and William Gwaltney, all of Windsor; a 
sister, Mrs. A.L. Brockwell, of Newport News; three brothers, W.H. Gwaltney 
of Smithfield; A.F. Gwaltney of Newport News; J.T. Gwaltney of Hopewell, and 
two grandchildren, Betty Cox Gwaltney and Bruce K. Johnson, Jr.

  Funeral services were held at the home Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, 
and burial took place in Antioch Cemetery.  Active pallbearers were W.H. 
Johnson, Lorenzo Bailey, C.E. Fulgham, S.T. Holland, W.E. Garrison, J. Frank 
Lawrence, R.R. Rhodes and L.T. Hall.

  Friends of the family served a honorary pallbearers.


Jesse Henry GWALTNEY, a director of the Farmers' Bank of Windsor, 
b. 7 Aug 1877*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 31 Jul 1933, at home, near Windsor, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 2 Aug 1933, 
moved to Holly Lawn Cemetery (Block B, Lot 8*), Suffolk, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 13, No. 17, Aug. 3, 1933, p. 1, col. 2 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

Does not appear on the cemetery list. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Buried with both wives in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. (amp) 
   Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Jesse 1m. 17 Apr 1901 Ada Elizabeth Johnson, in Isle of Wight Co. 
   He 2m. 15 Dec 1915 Bettie Clee Nelms, in Nansemond Co. 
   (Ancestry.com "Virginia Marriages") 

Ada (d. 20 Jul 1913) was also originally buried at Antioch. 

Bettie's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 21, 1963, II-1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/g435b1ob.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. #20328 (Windsor #8), which gives 
   sn/o Thomas and Fannie (Whitley) Gwaltney, all b. Va.

His WW-I draft card gives b. 7 Aug 1878. 


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Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 
Additional information from Anne Marie Piland. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/g435j2ob.txt