Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, Tazewell J., 1954 

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TAZEWELL JULIAN BLYTHE 

   Tazewell Julian Blythe, 75, well known carpenter and farmer, died at his 
home near Franklin on Tuesday, November 23, after a week's illness.

   The deceased was born in Southampton County, the son of the late Albert 
and Nancy Cobb Blythe.  He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Ann 
Stith, who died in March, 1922.  In 1927 he married Mrs. Cora Carr Beale of 
the county, who survives him.  He was a member of the Sedley Friends Meeting.

   Besides his wife he is survived by two sons, Fenton E. Blythe of Richmond 
and T.J. Blythe, Jr., of Franklin; four daughters, Miss Minnie Blythe of 
Suffolk, Mrs. Lawrence R. Barker of Petersburg, and Miss Gladys Blythe and 
Mrs. J.E. Boone of Franklin; four step-daughters, Mrs. Percy A. Whitley of 
Franklin, Mrs. W.E. Senter of Lynnhaven, Mrs. W.T. Langston of Highland 
Springs, and Mrs. W.D. Newlin of Arlington; two brothers, Benjamin Blythe of 
Roanoke Rapids, N.C., and Thomas A. Blythe of Sedley; and three sisters, Mrs. 
J.J. Bradshaw of Hunterdale, Mrs. P.L. Travis of Richmond, and Mrs. Mary Wyatt 
of Roanoke.

   Final rites for Mr. Blythe were held in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland & Sons 
on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with interment in Rosemont Cemetery, 
Sedley.  Rev. James A. Coney of the Sedley Friends Meeting officiated, 
assisted by Rev. Edwin C. Thornton, pastor of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

   The pallbearers were L.E. Beale, R.P. Barrett, George Brock, A.C. Carr, 
A.E. Drewry, E.A. Drewry, H.M. Lowe and J.T. Pond.


Tazewell Julian BLYTHE, carpenter & farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 23 Nov 1954, at home, near Franklin, age 75, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 24 Nov 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 25, 1954 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-5): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

His first wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 25, 1923, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b430a3ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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