Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, William K. Sr., 1980 

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WILLIAM KELLY BLYTHE SR.

   Franklin - Funeral services for William Kelly Blythe Sr., 64, were held 
Sunday in the Holland-Rideout Funeral Home chapel by Dr. R.E. Brittle. Burial 
was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were: Bruce Blythe, David Blythe, Make Blythe, Edward Blythe, 
David Blythe Jr., Andy Blythe, Al Bulls, Wilson Blythe and Zolan Pollock.

   A native of Southampton, Blythe died Friday in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

   He was a member of Hunterdale United Church of Christ.

   He was a World War II Army veteran and the retired owner of Blythe Paint 
Contractors in Franklin.

   Survivors include his wife Mrs. Alda May Blythe; his mother Mrs. Hunter 
Blythe; three sons, William K. Blythe, Jr. of Chesterfield, Donald T. Blythe of 
Franklin and Douglas T. Blythe of Carrsville, three daughters, Carolyn B. Bland, 
Brenda B. Holland both of Carrsville and Arlene B. Palmer of Suffolk; four 
brothers, Melvin Blythe of Smithfield, Edward H. Blythe Sr., Clinton F. Blythe 
and Franklin R. Blythe all of Franklin; three sisters, Miss Allie Mae Blythe of 
Franklin, Mrs. Katherine B. Parker of Gates, N.C., Mrs. Irene Bulls of Sedley; 
and 13 grandchildren.


[William Kelly BLYTHE, Sr., retired painting contractor, 
 Southampton Co. native, d. 26 Sep 1980, Franklin, age 64, 
 interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, 28 Sep 1980, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 29, 1980, p. 6A] 

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