Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitfield, Thomas J., 1930 

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T. J. WHITFIELD TAKEN BY DEATH 

Prominent Citizen Until Recently Active in Business Circles Dies Today 
   at Home In Kimberly Section of City. 

  Thomas J. Whitfield, 79, died today at his home on the Suffolk-Smithfield 
highway at 11:50 o’clock, after a short illness.  He had been in failing 
health for several years. 

  Mr. Whitfield was one of the most prominent farmers of this section, having 
lived here for the greater part of his life.  He was born January 1, 1850, in 
Southampton county and moved to Suffolk when he was a young man.  Mr. 
Whitfield was a member of the First Baptist Church of Suffolk. 

  Mr. Whitfield is survived by one sister, Mrs. Alice Cutchins, of Suffolk, 
and the following sons and daughters:
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T. J. Whitfield 
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Davis A. Whitfield, of Tabannia, La.; T.J. Whitfield, Jr., of Norfolk; O.K. 
Whitfield, of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. R. M. Petway, of Norfolk; Mrs. Pym 
Wilson, of Suffolk, and Miss Gladys Whitfield, of Suffolk. 

  The funeral will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at the residence on the 
Smithfield road at 3 o'clock by the Rev. Dr. H.J. Goodwin, assisted by the 
Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley.  Burial will be in the family lot in Cedar Hill cemetery 
and the active pallbearers will be: Floyd Oliver, E.F. Gillett, Bernard 
Godwin, William S. Holland, Presley Smith, P.D. Pruden, N.T. Gray and Lyman R. 
Brothers. Intimate friends of the deceased have been asked to serve as 
honorary pallbearers. 

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Whitfield Funeral Is Held Here Yesterday 

  Funeral services for Thomas J. Whitfield, prominent resident of Nansemond 
county, who died Wednesday at his home in Kimberly, were held yestreday 
afternoon at the residence, conducted by the Rev. Dr. H.J. Goodwin, assisted 
by the Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley.  Burial was in Cedar Hill cemetery. 

  Active pallbearers will be: Floyd Oliver, E.F. Gillett, Bernard Godwin, 
W.S. Holland, Pressley Smith, P.D. Pruden, N.T. Gray and Lyman Brothers. 
Friends of Mr. Whitfield acted as honorary pallbearers. 


Thomas J. WHITFIELD, farmer & businessman, 
b. 1 Jan 1850, Southampton Co., d. 26 Mar 1930, at home, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 
   23 Mar 1930, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 8, No. 4, Mar. 26, 1930, pp. 1 & 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 8, No. 6, Mar. 28, 1930, p. 8 

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

His parents, Cordy Clifton & Lucy Jane (SAUNDERS) WHITFIELD, are buried 
   in a WHITFIELD family cemetery, on Mary Hunt Rd., near Newsoms. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-29): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt 

His mother's obit ("Norfolk Virginian," Aug. 13, 1895, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w314l1ob.txt 


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