Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, W. Linwood, 1966 

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WILLIAM LINWOOD BLYTHE

   FRANKLIN - William Linwood (Lynn) Blythe, 84, retired farmer, died Saturday 
afternoon in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Thelma Womble Blythe and a son of Richard and 
Mrs. India Rose Blythe of Southampton County.  He was a member of Sedley 
Baptist Church.

   Surviving, besides his wife, are a son, Junius Fenton Blythe of Rocky 
Mount, N.C.; two daughters, Mrs. Essie Joyner and Mrs. Howard Vinson of 
Franklin; a sister, Mrs. W.H. Kitchen  of Raleigh, N.C.; eight grandchildren; 
and eight great-grandchildren.

   A funeral service was held in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Chapel Monday 
at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins and the Rev. C.J. Benner.  Burial was in 
Southampton Memorial Park Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Ashby Vaughan, Willie Bradshaw, George Hedgepeth, Leon 
O’Clair, Wiley Pierce, Melvin Cotton and Eliza Joyner.


William Linwood "Lynn" BLYTHE, retired farmer, 
b. Southampton Co., d. 29 Jan 1966, Franklin, age 84, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Christus I, Plot 33), 31 Jan 1966, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 3, 1966 

Additional information: 

1st marriage: 
WILLIAM LINWOOD "LYNN" BLYTHE, 25, S, B. 1882, SO.CO., SO.CO., FARMER, 
   S/O RICHARD AND MARY INDIANA ROSE BLYTHE
M. 06-26-1907 SO.CO., VA.  BY REV. C.H. ROWLAND
MARY T. DRAKE, 24, S, SO.CO., SO.CO., 
   D/O JUNIUS W. AND ELLEN BEALE DRAKE
(MB13:45; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders. 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb13pt.txt) 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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