Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Applewhite, Bessie, 1950 

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ELIZABETH "BESSIE" APPLEWHITE 

Rites Set For Miss Applewhite 

  Funeral services for Miss Bessie Applewhite, 81, who died yesterday morning 
at 5 a.m. at her home at 127 Chestnut Street, will be held tomorrow morning at 
11 o'clock at the Main Street Methodist Church with the Rev. R.H. Forrester, 
pastor, officiating.  Interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  The daughter of the late Thomas Henry and Mary Garratt [sic; Jarratt] 
Applewhite of Southampton County, she had lived in Suffolk for the past 60 
years.  She was a member of the Main Street Methodist Church, active in civic 
and club life of the community and a charter member of the Nansemond River 
Garden Club. 

  Survivors include two brothers, George P. Applewhite, Jarratt, Virginia, and 
Archie A. Applewhite of Newport News; three sisters, Miss Mary W. Applewhite 
and Mrs. C.E. Hargrave, both of Suffolk, and Mrs. James Thomas Marshall of 
Martinsville, Virginia; several nieces and nephews. 

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MISS BESSIE APPLEWHITE 

   Miss Bessie Applewhite, 81, died at 5 o'clock Sunday morning, July 16, at 
her home on Chestnut Street, Suffolk. 

   She was a daughter of the late Thomas Henry and Mary Ann Jarratt Applewhite 
of Southampton County, and had lived in Suffolk for the past 60 years.  She 
was a member of the Main Street Methodist Church and a charter member of the 
Nansemond River Garden Club, and was active in various other organization of 
the community. 

   Surviving her are two brothers, George P. Applewhite of Jarratt and Archie 
A. Applewhite of Newport News; and three sisters, Miss Mary W. Applewhite of 
Suffolk, Mrs. James Thomas Marshall of Martinsville, and Mrs. C.E. Hargrave 
of Suffolk. 

   Funeral services for Miss Applewhite were conducted Tuesday morning at 11 
o'clock at Main Street Methodist Church by the pastor, Rev. R.H. Forrester. 
Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. 


Flora Elizabeth "Bessie" APPLEWHITE, retired stenographer, 
b. 31 Mar 1869*, Southampton Co., d. 16 Jul 1950, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 99*), Suffolk, 
   18 Jul 1950, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 27, No. 87, Mon., July 17, 1950, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 44, No. 40, Fri., July 21, 1950, p. 5 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #158814528. 

Her parents are buried in the same lot. 

D.Cert. 15958 (Suffolk #208) 

The 1870 Census - Drewryville, Southampton Co. - gives Flora E., age 2. 

The 1900 Census - Suffolk, Nansemond Co. - gives b. Mar 1873. 


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