Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, Franklin, 1958 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JAMES ROBERT BLYTHE JAMES R. BLYTHE James Robert Blythe, 83, a lifelong resident of Southampton County, died in Raiford Memorial Hospital* on Tuesday night, March 25. The deceased was the husband of the late Nettie Joyner Blythe and son of the late Jesse D. and Mary Jane Blythe. He was a member of Bethel Friends Meeting. Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. J.E. Harrison and Mrs. Kate Saunders of Norfolk, Mrs. W. Graham Atkins and Mrs. Herman Cobb of Franklin, Mrs. Claude Dunn of Prince George County, and Mrs. Morris Clements of Brandon; six sons, Bernard and Herman Blythe of Franklin, Ashby and Howard Blythe of Norfolk, Claude W. Blythe of Richmond, and Percy Blythe of Hopewell; a brother, Ben Blythe of Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. Frank V. Blythe and Mrs. Charles M. Blythe of Franklin; a half-sister, Mrs. Aldine Duck of Carrsville; a half- brother, de Bordenave Blythe of Franklin; 28 grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren; and nephews and nieces. Services for Mr. Blythe were held this (Thursday) afternoon at 4:30 o’clock in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland and Sons, with Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of Bethlehem Christian Church, and Rev. Joe A. French, pastor of Hunterdale Christian Church, officiating. Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. James Robert BLYTHE, retired farmer, b. 17 Jan 1875, Southampton Co., d. 25 Mar 1958, Williamsburg, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 189*), Franklin, 27 Mar 1958, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 27, 1958, Sect. I, p. 8 *Additional information: Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," May 28, 1948, p. 8), with their marriage record appended, is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b430n1ob.txt Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. #7337, which gives res. Prince George Co., d. Eastern State Hospital. His parents are buried in a BLYTHE fam.cem, near Williams Xrds. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-22): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.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/b430j5ob.txt