Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, Nettie G. Joyner, 1948 

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NETTIE GERTRUDE JOYNER BLYTHE

   Mrs. Nettie Gertrude Joyner Blythe, well known and greatly loved resident 
of the Franklin-Hunterdale community, died of a heart attack on Saturday 
morning, May 22, her 66th birthday, and at the place where she was born.

   She was the daughter of the late Nicholas Wilson and Crissie Beaton Joyner 
of Southampton County, and a member of the Union Christian Church, in which 
she served faithfully for many years.  She was also a member of the Woman’s 
Missionary Society of the church.

    Mrs. Blythe is survived by her husband, James Robert Blythe, whom she 
married forty-eight years ago; six daughters, Mrs. Kate B. Harrison, Mrs. 
Graham Atkins and Mrs. Herman Cobb of Franklin, Mrs. Claude Dunn of Yale, 
Mrs. J.D. Harrison of Norfolk, and Mrs. Morris Clements of Amelia; six sons, 
Claude Wilson Blythe of Richmond, Bernard, Percy, Herman, Ashby and Harwood 
Blythe of Franklin; one sister, Mrs. Jim Blythe, and a half sister, Mrs. Tony 
Cobb, both of Franklin; two brothers, J.G. Joyner and Asa Joyner, and a half-
brother, Dan Blythe, of Franklin; and thirteen grandchildren and a number of 
nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at four o’clock at the 
Union Christian Church by Rev. R.E. Brittle, a former pastor, and Rev. B.H. 
Watkins.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the active pallbearers being 
J.G. Joyner, Jr., J.G. Cobb, Emerson Blythe, Shelton Cobb, Stafford Blythe, 
Elmer Blythe, Morris Blythe and Edgar Blythe.  Honorary pallbearers were 
friends of the family.


Nettie Gertrude (JOYNER; Mrs. Jas. Robert "Bob") BLYTHE, 
b. 22 May 1882, Southampton Co., d. 22 May 1948, at birthplace, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 189*), Franklin, 
   14 May 1948, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 28, 1948, p. 8 

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

Additional information: 

Her marriage - 

James Robert Blythe, 24, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   s/o Jesse and Mary Jane Munford Blythe 
m. 02-08-1900 Franklin, Va. by Rev. N.G. Newman 
Nettie Gertrude Joyner, 18, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o Nicholas Wilson and Crissie Beaton Joyner 
(Southampton Co. MB10:132; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb10pt.txt) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 27, 1958, Sect. I, p. 8) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b430j5ob.txt 

Her mother 2m. 1899 Willie BLYTHE, a first cousin of Bob. 

Her father is buried in a SCOTT family cemetery, on Hunterdale Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-23): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.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/b430n1ob.txt