Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, Hunter, 1963 

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HUNTER BLYTHE 

   Hunter Blythe, 78, retired farmer, husband of Mrs. Allie Griffin Blythe, 
died in a hospital Friday morning after a brief illness.

   A lifelong resident of Franklin community, he was a son of Archie and Mrs. 
Keaton Beale Blythe of Southampton County.

   Besides his widow, surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Ruby B. Nelms of 
Smithfield, Mrs. Katherine B. Parker of Gates, N.C., and Miss Allie Mae Blythe 
and Mrs. Irene B. Bulls of Franklin; six sons, Melvin L. Blythe of Smithfield 
and William Kelly Blythe, Edward H. Blythe, D.C. Blythe, Clinton F. Blythe 
and Franklin R. Blythe of Franklin, a sister, Mrs. J.G. Joyner, Sr., 27 
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

   A funeral service was conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons 
Funeral Home by the Rev. R.E. Brittle of Bethlehem Christian Church.  Burial 
was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Cary Blythe, M.B. Blythe, Howard Blythe, James L. Blythe, 
J.G. Joyner Jr., and Harvey Lankford, Jr.


Hunter BLYTHE, retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 15 Mar 1963, Franklin, age 78, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 112*), Franklin, 
   17 Mar 1963, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 21, 1963, Sect. II, p. 1 

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

His father and paternal grandparents are buried in a BLYTHE family cemetery, 
   near Williams Xrds. - his wives are likely there, unmarked. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (IV-22): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 


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