Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Godwin, Dr. F. Whitney, 1958 

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DR. FRANK WHITNEY GODWIN

DR. F.W. GODWIN, RETIRED DENTIST DIES AT SUFFOLK

   Suffolk, Feb. 21 - Dr. Frank Whitney Godwin, 62, a retired dentist, died 
Friday at his home here.

   A funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday here, with burial in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery.

   Dr. Godwin retired from his dentistry practice in 1935. Since that time he 
had been in the real estate business.

   He was a past national vice commander of the American Legion and a past 
commander of Suffolk Post No. 57.

   He was a member of the board of directors of Louise Obici Memorial Hospital 
and the American Bank and Trust Co.  He was a past president of the Suffolk 
Lions Club and served on the Suffolk school board.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Judith Brewer Godwin; two daughters, Miss Anne 
Godwin of New York City and Mrs. R. Curtis Saunders of Suffolk; a brother, 
Wilmer F. Godwin of Richmond; and two grandchildren.

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Suffolk - Dr. F. Whitney Godwin, 62, businessman and retired dentist, died 
unexpectedly at his residence here Friday about 2:15 p.m.

   A real estate man since his retirement from dentistry several years ago, 
Dr. Godwin achieved prominence in many fields here during the last 30 years. 
He has served in the past as chairman of the School Board, president of the 
Lions Club, and commander of Suffolk Post 57, American Legion.

   At his death he was a director of Obici Memorial Hospital, a member of the 
board of the American Bank and Trust Co., and president of the Riverview Land 
and Investment Co.  He belonged to Oxford Methodist Church.

 VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I

    Dr. Godwin achieved his greatest state and national prominence, however, 
as a veteran of World War I.  He served two terms as commander of the Suffolk 
American Legion Post, then became district commander, Virginia departmental 
vice commander, national executive committeeman and national vice commander.

   In 1939 he was elected vice president of the International Federation of 
World War Veterans and president of its American section. As a veterans’ leader, 
he was chosen in 1937 as a member of the official delegation to attend 
dedications of all U.S. government battle monuments erected in Europe.

   During World War I he won a commission in the infantry and fought with French 
as well as American troops overseas. He was wounded in action while commanding a 
company.

   Service in the Army interrupted studies which led to a degree in 1921 at the 
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. He had already graduate from Fork Union 
Military Academy and the University of Richmond.

   After completing his dental studies he practiced for a time in New York but 
soon returned to Suffolk.

   He was a son of the late Charles Bernard Godwin and Martha Whitney Godwin of 
Chuckctuck. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Judith Brewer Godwin; two 
daughters, Miss Judith Anne Godwin of New York and Mrs. R. Curtis Saunders, Jr. 
of Suffolk; a brother, Wilmer F. Godwin of Richmond, and two grandchildren, 
Whitney Godwin Saunders and Carson Brewer Saunders.

   Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the residence, 504 
W. Washington St., Suffolk. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The body will 
be taken from the R.W. Baker Funeral Home to the residence Saturday at 10 a.m.


Dr. Frank Whitney GODWIN, businessman & retired dentist, WW-I veteran, 
d. 21 Feb 1958, Suffolk, age 62, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 116*), Suffolk, 23 Feb 1958, 
donated obits, publications unknown 

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

His parents are buried in Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery. 
   Wesley Chapel list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wesleych.txt 


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