Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, Benjamin S., 1966 

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BENJAMIN STAFFORD BLYTHE 

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Benjamin Stafford Blythe was conducted 
Tuesday at 4 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Chapel by the Rev. R.E. 
Brittle of Suffolk.  Burial will be in the family cemetery near Franklin.

   Pallbearers were Harold Blythe, Chester Blythe, DeWitt Blythe*, Burton 
Blythe, Joseph Edwards, Ronnie Edwards, Robert Johnson and Exum White III.

   Blythe, 85, a retired farmer, died Sunday night in Southampton Memorial 
hospital after illness of several weeks.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Jesse and Mrs. Mary Jane 
Mumford Blythe and the husband of Mrs. Lillie Joyner Blythe.

   He was a member of Hunterdale Christian Church and its Men's Bible Class.

   Besides his widow, surviving are two sons, Stafford Blythe and Elmo Blythe 
of Franklin; three daughters, Mrs. Vivian Johnson, Mrs. Minnie Edwards and 
Mrs. Virginia White of Chesapeake, Va.; and two sisters, Mrs. Charlie Blythe 
and Mrs. Frank Blythe of Franklin.

*"DeWitt Blythe" should be Dwight Blythe.

Benjamin Stafford "Bennie" BLYTHE, retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 18 Sep 1966, Franklin, age 85, 
interred in the BLYTHE family cemetery*, off Bethel Rd., 20 Sep 1966, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 22, 1966, p. 7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-23): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 16, 1967, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b430l5ob.txt 


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