Southampton-Greensville County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, Lee B., 1954 

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LEE BUTLER BLYTHE

Funeral Thursday For Lee B. Blythe 

  FRANKLIN - Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow for Lee 
Butler Blythe, 83*, who died Tuesday at Raiford Memorial Hospital after 
several months' illness. 

  The rites will be held at W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral home with the Rev. 
James W. Turner, pastor of the High Street Methodist Church, and the Rev. 
Francis L. Hunt, pastor of the Monumental Methodist Church of Emporia, 
officiating. 

  Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery. 

  Blythe, a Southampton County native, was a retired lumberman and former 
employee of Camp Manufacturing Company.  He belonged to the High Street 
Methodist Church. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edna Purcell Blythe of Emporia and five 
daughters, Mrs. J.F. Winbaer, of Richmond; Mrs. J.J. Mosley and Mrs. Calvin 
Patrick, both of Emporia; Mrs. M.J. Wise, of Murfreesboro, N.C., and Mrs. 
H.O. Garber, of Williamsburg; two sons, Lee Purcell Blythe of Suffolk, and 
William A. Blythe of Franklin; 23 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; 
a brother, J.E. Blythe, of Reform, Ala., and two sisters, Mrs. C.S. Mahone, 
of Norfolk, and Mrs. Burgess Dick, of Zuni. 

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L. BUTLER BLYTHE

   Lee Butler Blythe, 85*, of Emporia, for half a century a resident of 
Franklin and an employee of Camp Manufacturing Co., Inc., died in Raiford 
Memorial Hospital early Tuesday morning, November 16, after several years 
of declining health.

   The deceased was the husband of Mrs. Edna Purcell Blythe of Emporia, who 
survives him.  His parents were the late John and Louise Wester Blythe of 
this county.  He was a member of High Street Methodist Church.

   Besides his wife he is survived by five daughters, Mrs. J.F. Winbauer of 
Richmond, Mrs. J.J. Moseley and Mrs. Calvin Patrick of Emporia, Mrs. M.J. 
Wise of Murfreesboro, N.C., and Mrs. H.O. Garber of Williamsburg; two sons, 
Lee Purcell Blythe of Suffolk and William A. Blythe of Franklin; 23 
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; a brother, J.E. Blythe of Reform, 
Ala; and two sisters, Mrs. C.S. Mahone of Norfolk and Mrs. Burgess Duck of 
Zuni.

   Funeral services for Mr. Blythe were held in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland & 
Sons this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. James W. Turner, pastor 
of High Street Methodist Church, and Rev. Francis Hunt, pastor of Monumental 
Methodist Church, Emporia, officiated.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the pallbearers being S.A. Carr. N.T. 
Duck, L. Britt Holland, Lee Presson, Don Padgett, R.H. Rawles, Jr., John H. 
Scott and Elton Tomlin.


Lee Butler BLYTHE, of Emporia, formerly of Franklin, retired lumberman, 
b. 19 Jan 1875, Southampton Co., d. 16 Nov 1954, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 89*), Franklin, 
   18 Nov 1954, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 32, No. 272, Wed., Nov. 17, 1954, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 50, No. 5, Thurs., Nov. 18, 1954, p. 6A 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Photos of his gravestone & family plot - added by AGraveStory - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #96675708. 

D.Cert. 25916 [no local #] 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 7, 1971, Section II, p. 8) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b430e2ob.txt 

His parents' marriage record: 

John Blythe, 22, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o William & Mariah Blythe, Farmer 
Louisa Wester, 22, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o William & Martha Wester 
m.lic. 25 Jan 1875, by Dep. clerk James R. Tyler; 
   cert. signed by John Blythe (X his mark) 
m. 26 Jan 1875, at Martha Wester's,  Southampton Co., by T.W. Joyner 
(Southampton Co. MB2:132) 


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