Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, Jesse M., 1955 

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JESSE MOODY BLYTHE 

   Jesse Moody Blythe, 73, retired farmer and lifelong resident of Southampton 
County, died suddenly in his room in the Stonewall Hotel on Friday, June 17, 
at 1:30 p.m.

   He was the son of Robert Lee Blythe and Rebecca Scott Blythe of Southampton 
County and a member of the Bethel Friends Meeting.

   Surviving his are two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Holland and Mrs. Jennie Joyner, 
both of Suffolk, and four nieces.

   The body was taken to the funeral home of W.J.M. Holland and Sons, where 
funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. by Rev. James A. Coney of 
Sedley, minister of the Bethel Friends Meeting.  Burial was in the Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Isaac White, Hersey Scott, Mr. J.R. Collier, Steve 
----*, R.R. Lankford and Randolph Griffin.  Friends of the family served as 
honorary pallbearers.


Jesse Moody BLYTHE, retired farmer, 
lifelong Southampton Co. resident, d. 17 Jun 1955, Franklin, age 73**, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 230**), Franklin, 
   19 Jun 1955, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 23, 1955, Sect. II, p. 6 

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

*Text obscured by a line at the top of the page. 

His parents are buried in the BLYTHE family cemetery, near Williams Crossroads.
   A transcription, contributed to the SCHS Cemetery Project and USGenWeb 
   Archives by Chester Blythe, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blythe.txt 
   An annotated version of the list is included in the SCHS Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-23), posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

His parents' marriage record is appended to the obit ("Tidewater News," 
   May 30, 1952, p. 15) of his sis Nellie Jane BLYTHE, posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b430n2ob.txt 

The obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 7, 1947, p. 10) of their bro Mitchell 
   Charles BLYTHE, posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b430m3ob.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: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b430j3ob.txt