Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gwaltney, Pembroke D. Jr., 1936 

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P.D. GWALTNEY, JR., LEADING CITIZEN, DIES SUDDENLY 

Funeral Services for Widely-Known Smithfield Resident, 
  Active in Numerous Enterprises Conducted Tuesday Afternoon 

  Pembroke D. Gwaltney Jr., president P.D. Gwaltney Jr., & Co. Inc. packers 
and shippers of the widely known Smithfield Ham, died suddenly Sunday 
afternoon at 3:15 from a heart attack at his home here.  He was 74 years old, 
having been born September 3, 1861. 

  Mr. Gwaltney was the son of P.D. Gwaltney Sr., founder of Gwaltney and 
Company, and the late Mrs. Martha Harris Gwaltney.  He was President of the 
Home Telephone Company, of this city, and was interested in almost every 
enterprise in the community.  Until Sunday afternoon he had been in his usual 
health, and active in the affairs of his various enterprises. 

  Surviving Mr. Gwaltney are his widow, Mrs. Estelle Darden Gwaltney; three 
sons, P.D. Gwaltney, 3rd, Howard W. and Julius Darden Gwaltney, all of 
Smithfield; four grandchildren; two nieces, Mrs. Mary Brown of Norfolk, and 
Mrs. Arthur Colins, of Richmond and two nephews, Frank G. Berryman of 
Smithfield, and Edward Maxwell of Virginia Beach. 

  Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the 
residence by the Rev. L.D. Staples, pastor of the Smithfield Methodist Church, 
assisted by the Rev. W.W. Norris.  Burial was in Ivy Hill Cemetery, 
Smithfield. 

  Active pallbearers were A. Taylor Darden and W.H. Darden, Jr., of Suffolk; 
J.W. Luter, Jr., V.S. Richardson, W. Joseph Holloway, F.G. Berryman, Dr. Hugh 
Warren, of Smithfield, and J.S. Marshall, Jr., of Wilksbarre, [sic; Wilkes-
Barre,] Pa. 

  The floral tributes were many and seventy-five men were required to serve to 
carry the flowers.  Despite the bitter cold weather several hundred attended 
the services and many were from out of town. 


Pembroke Decatur GWALTNEY, Jr., businessman, 
b. 3 Sep 1861, Isle of Wight Co., d. 9 Feb 1936, Smithfield, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 11 Feb 1936, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 16, No. 44, Feb. 13, 1936, p. 1, col. 8 

*Additional information: 

His parents are also buried there. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #48: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Apparently an obit also appears in "The Virginian-Pilot," Feb. 9, 1936, p. 1; 
   each was followed by the obit of his brother-in-law Harry M. DARDEN, who 
   had killed himself in Littleton, NC, that Friday night.  Harry's obits at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d635h4ob.txt 

His father's obits ("The Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," and 
   "Richmond Times-Dispatch," Feb. 11, 1915) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/g435p1ob.txt 

His mother's death notice ("Alexandria (VA) Gazette," Nov. 16, 1909) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/g435m1ob.txt 

A section on Gwaltney & Co. is included with a chapter (#18) on 
   "The Ham Capital of the World" [featuring photos of the family & 
   operations] in the following source: 
   (Helen Haverty King, et al. 
    "Historical Notes on Isle of Wight County, Virginia." 
    Isle of Wight: Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors, 1993. 
    pp. 399-407) 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
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