Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, Bernard, 1951 

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BERNARD BLYTHE 

   Bernard Blythe, 33, a veteran of World War II and a resident of Franklin, 
died in the McGuire Hospital, Richmond, on Tuesday night, December 11, after 
an illness of several months.

   He was the son of Mrs. Lucille Brock Blythe* and the late Tony Blythe of 
this county; and he was a member of Union Congregational Christian Church.

   Besides his mother he is survived by two brothers, Archie and Dempsey 
Blythe of Franklin; four sisters, Mrs. Lucy Jenkins and Mrs. Odell Smith of 
Portsmouth, Mrs. Mabel Drake of Sedley, and Mrs. Margaret Tharrington of 
Franklin; and several nephews and nieces.

   Funeral services were conducted at Union Church on Wednesday afternoon at 
3 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. Melvin Dollar, followed by interment in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.  The active pallbearers were Clinton, D.C., Edgar, Edward, 
James Lonnie, Morris and Phillip Blythe and J.G. Joyner, Jr.


Bernard "Buster" BLYTHE, of Franklin, WW-II veteran, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 11 Dec 1951, Richmond, age 33, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 158**), Franklin, 
   12 Dec 1951, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 14, 1951, P. 7 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

*Bernard must actually have been the son of Tony's first wife - 

"Tonnie" Tony Dempsey Blythe, 25, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   s/o Archibald "Archer" and Keaton Beale Blythe 
m. 02-14-1906 Southampton Co., Va. by Rev. C.H. Rowland 
Lizzie M. Webb, 18, s, So.Co., So.Co., d/o Luther and Martha E. Webb 
(Southampton Co. MB12:361; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb12pt.txt) 

TONY DEMPSEY BLYTHE, 40, W, SO.CO., FRANKLIN, SO.CO.,VA., FARMER, 
   S/O ARCHIBALD "ARCHER" AND MILDRED KEATON BEALE BLYTHE 
M. 03-13-1922 FRANKLIN, SO.CO.,VA. BY REV. C.H. ROWLAND 
LUCILE BROCK, 29, S, SO.CO., FRANKLIN, SO.CO.,VA., 
   D/O WILLIAM AND FANNIE BEALE BROCK 
(Southampton Co. MB18:561; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

064. m. 03/13/1922, So.ampton Co., by C.H. Kidd 
T.D. Blythe, 40, widowed, b. Southampton Co., res. Franklin, Va., 
   sn/o Archer & Keaton Blythe, Farmer 
Lucile Brock, 29, single, b. Southampton Co., res. Franklin, Va., 
   dt/o Fannie Brock 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb18pt.txt) 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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