Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, Philip W. Sr., 1967 

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PHILIP WAYNE BLYTHE

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Philip Wayne Blythe was conducted Friday 
at 2 p.m. in Franklin Baptist Church by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins.  Burial was 
in Poplar Spring Cemetery with W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home in charge.

   Pallbearers were Robert Howell, Vaughan Beale, Rupert Tart, Dr. Irwin 
McNeely, Dr. William Thornhill, Warren Councill, Frank Averett and J.P. 
Bradshaw.

   Blythe, 52, painting contractor and designer, died Wednesday in his home.

   A native of Franklin, he was the husband of Mrs. Clara Smith Blythe and a 
son of the late Mallory B. and Mrs. Rosa Cobb Blythe.

   He was a member of Franklin Baptist Church.

   Other survivors are a daughter, Miss Anita Faye Blythe, and a son Philip 
Wayne Blythe, both of Richmond; three sisters, Mrs. Harvey A. Lankford and 
Mrs. Bennie Carr of Franklin and Mrs. James Corbitt of Newport News; and four 
brothers, Mallory Blythe, Luther W. Blythe, and Cecil Blythe of Franklin and 
Howard Blythe of Carrsville.

CONTRACTOR OF FRANKLIN DIES

Philip Wayne Blythe Sr., 52, a prominent painting contractor and designer for 
the past twenty-two years, died in his home of Wednesday, July 19.

   He was a life-long resident of the Franklin community.  He was an active 
member of the Franklin Baptist Church, Brunner Bible Class and Hunterdale 
Ruritan Club.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Clara Smith Blythe and a son of the late Mallory 
B. and Mrs. Rosa Cobb Blythe.

   Besides his widow, surviving are a son, Philip Wayne Blythe Jr. of 
Richmond, and a daughter, Miss Anita Faye Blythe of Richmond; three sisters, 
Mrs. Harvey A. Lankford Sr., Mrs. Bennie R. Carr of Franklin and Mrs. James H. 
Corbitt of Newport News; four brothers, Luther W. Blythe, Cecil Blythe, Howard 
Blythe and M.B. Blythe Jr. all of Franklin.

   A funeral service was conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the Franklin Baptist 
Church by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery with 
W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home in charge.

   Pallbearers were Robert Howell, J. Vaughan Beale, Rupert G. Tart, Dr. Irwin 
H. McNeely, Dr. William R. Thornhill, Warren C. Councill, Frank Averett and 
J.P. Bradshaw.


Philip Wayne BLYTHE, Sr., painting contractor and designer, 
Franklin native, d. 19 Jul 1967, at home, Franklin, age 52, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 5*), Franklin, 
   21 Jul 1967, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 24, 1967, p. 6 

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


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