Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, William N., 1952 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ WILLIAM NICHOLAS BLYTHE William N. Blythe, 79, died at his home in Suffolk on Tuesday afternoon, January 15, at 5:45 o’clock after a short illness. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C.W. Presson of 137 S. Saratoga Street, Suffolk, with whom he made his home, and Mrs. Vernon Presson of Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Blythe and Mrs. Charlie Blythe, both of Franklin; a half-sister, Mrs. Bennie Duck of Carrsville; and three brothers, J.R. Blythe, Ezra Blythe and Bennie Blythe, and a half-brother, Jesse D. Blythe, all of Franklin. The deceased was a member of the Bethel Friends Meeting. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Hill Funeral Home, Suffolk, by Rev. R.E. Brittle. Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. William Nicholas "Todie" BLYTHE, retired merchant, b. 22 Jun 1872, Southampton Co., d. 15 Jan 1952, at home, Suffolk, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 147*), Franklin, 17 Jan 1952, "Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 25, 1952, P. 9 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt Find a Grave Memorial #93128979 [no photo] D.Cert. 1059 (Suffolk #17) His marriage record - William Nick "Todie" Blythe, 23, s, So.Co., So.Co., s/o Jesse Jr. and Mary Jane Munford Blythe, Farmer m. 01-09-1895 Franklin, Va. by Rev. J.L. McCutcheon Ellen Joyner, 26, s, So.Co., So.Co., d/o Thomas and Sallie Joyner (Southampton Co. MB8:322; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb08pt.txt) His parents & paternal grandparents are buried in a BLYTHE family cemetery, near Williams Crossroads. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (MV-IV-22): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt His wife's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Mar. 25, 1941, p. 8) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b430w5ob.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/b430w1ob.txt