Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cuthrell, John June 13, 1938
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot Tuesday June 14, 1938
John Cuthrell Dies at South Norfolk Home

Prominent Business Man and Banker in Berkley, South Norfolk

John Cuthrell, aged 75, businessman, banker and churchman, died yesterday 
afternoon at 1:20 o'clock at his residence, Ohio and Rodgers streets, South 
Norfolk, a short while after returning from his doctor's office.
He first engaged in the feed business on East Berkley avenue, and later in 
the feed and building material business, Liberty and Fourteenth streets.  He 
sold this business and manufactured ice and box shooks, using the shavings 
and other refuse from the box plant to fuel the furnaces of the ice plant.
The latter business was sold 21 years ago when Mr. Cuthrell launched in the 
banking business, erecting a three story bank and office building at Liberty 
and Twenty-second street, South Norfolk, the bank being known as the Bank of 
South Norfolk.
After a successful career of a number of years, the bank was merged with the 
Merchants and Planters Bank in which he had been vice president and director 
since its organization.
Mr. Cuthrell was also vice president and director of the Berkley Permanent 
Building and Loan Association.
He was a charter member of the First Christian Church, Main street, Berkley
He was a native of Elizabeth City, N.C., but had made his home here for the 
past 65 years.  He was the son of the late John E. and Sarah Cuthrell and 
husband of the late Sarah Elizabeth Jones Cuthrell.  He is survived by three 
daughters, Mrs. L.R. Blassingham, Norfolk; Mrs. W.M. Townsend and Mrs. D.J. 
Sullivan, both of South Norfolk; three sons, John E. Cuthrell, Los Angeles, 
Cal.; Jessie Edward Cuthrell, Norfolk; and Roy L. Cuthrell, Flushing, N.Y.; 
one sister, Mr. J.D. McLean, New York City, 16 grandchildren and three 
great-grandchildren.
The body will rest at his home where funeral services will be conducted 
tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock.  The Rev. L. Oakey Wilburn, pastor of 
Chesapeake Avenue Methodist Church and the Rev. J.L. Blassingham, of Norfolk 
will officiate.  Burial will be in the family plot by the side of wife and a 
son in Magnolia Cemetery.



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