Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, Junius, 1954 

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JUNIUS BLYTHE 

   Junius Blythe, a resident of Franklin for ten years and a native of 
Southampton County, died Friday, January 29.  Mr. Blythe was a member of 
Hunterdale Christian Church and had worked at St. Regis Paper company for 
many years.  He was the son of William and Margaret Anne Rose Blythe of 
Southampton County, and the husband of the late Bertha Austin Blythe of 
Franklin.

   He is survived by two sons, Nathaniel and Stanley Blythe; three 
grandchildren; two brothers, Jim Blythe and Frank Blythe; and three sisters, 
Mrs. Martha Jane Womble, Miss Rosa Blythe, and Mrs. T.W. Blythe.

   Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home of 
W.J.M. Holland and Sons by the Rev. Clyde C. Fields, pastor of the 
Hunterdale Christian Church.  Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Samuel ----, Ernest Allen, Timmy Jones, Williams Drewry, 
Jr., Philip Blythe, Paulette Rose, R.R. Lankford and Raymond Porter.


Junius BLYTHE, of Franklin, St. Regis Paper Co. employee, 
b. 14 Sep 1887, Southampton Co., d. 29 Jan 1954, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 217*), Franklin, 
   31 Jan 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 4, 1954 

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

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. #2371 (Franklin #5), which gives 
   sn/o William Blythe & Margaret Ann Rose; 
   the informant was [son] Stanley Blythe. 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 2, 1949, p. 16) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b430b4ob.txt 


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