Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, Mallory B., 1937 

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MALLORY BERNARD BLYTHE

   Mallory B. Blythe, 62, died at his home in the Bethel community last 
Saturday morning.  The deceased was a faithful member of Bethel Friends 
Meeting House, with which he had been identified since young manhood. 
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Rosa Cobb Blythe; three daughters, Mrs. 
H.A. Lankford, Mrs. B.R. Carr and Miss Hazel Blythe, all of Franklin; 
five sons, Luther, Cecil, Philip, Howard and Mallory Blythe, Jr.; two 
sisters, Mrs. J.G. Joyner and Miss Effie Blythe; three brothers, Tony, 
Hunter and Charlie Blythe of the community and a number of grandchildren.

   Funeral rites were conducted Sunday afternoon at Bethel Meeting House 
by Rev. J.A. Stanfield, assisted by Dr. Elwood W. Jones of Franklin. 
Interment was in the family cemetery near Williams Cross Roads.* 
Pallbearers were: R.R. Lankford, J.C. Bradshaw, J. Paul Councill, R.J. 
Councill, James Drake, John Johnson, Exum N. White and T.J. Cox.  The 
Bethel choir was assisted by a quartette composed of Percy and Frank Bunch, 
E.K. Brinkley and Ralph Hines of Franklin.


Mallory Bernard BLYTHE [Sr.], 
Southampton Co. native, d. 7 Jun 1937, at home, Bethel, age 62, 
interred in the BLYTHE family cemetery*, near Williams Xrds., 
   8 Jun 1937, 
marked in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 98**), Franklin, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 11, 1937, p. 10 

*His father and paternal grandparents are buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-22): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/mscvol4.txt 

**Marked with widow; unclear when or if his remains were moved.  
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," June 22, 1959, Sect. I, p. 5) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b430r2ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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