Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, Benjamin F., 1956 

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BLYTHE

BENJAMIN F. BLYTHE

   Funeral services for Benjamin Franklin Blythe were held Monday, April 23, 
at 4 p.m. at the First Christian Church Roanoke Rapids, N.C. with Rev. Lewis 
Sytons officiating, assisted by Rev. Otis Brady. Burial was in Cedarwood 
Cemetery. 

   Mr. Blythe, 77, died at his residence, 921 Hamilton Street, Roanoke Rapids, 
Saturday night, April 21. He was a native of Southampton County and the son of 
the late William A. and Mrs. Nancy Cobb Blythe. 

   Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Ruth Britt; seven daughters, Mrs. 
Ollie Jackson of Franklin, Mrs. Albert Pulley of Burlington, N.C., Mrs. J.H. 
Vaughan, Mrs. Catherine Dickens, Mrs. Elsie Harris, Mrs. B.Y. Erwin and Mrs. 
Lewis Cranford of Roanoke Rapids; a son, Herbert Blythe of Roanoke Rapids; a 
step-son, R.L. Britt of Sedley; three sisters, Mrs. J.T. Bradshaw of Franklin, 
Mrs. P.L. Lewis of Richmond and Mrs. Mary W. Wyant of Roanoke, and a brother 
T.A. Blythe of Sedley. 


[Benjamin Franklin BLYTHE, d. 23 Apr 1956, Roanoke Rapids, NC, age 77, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 26 Apr 1956] 

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