Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bradshaw, Jeptha J. Sr., 1960 

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JEPTHA JAHUE BRADSHAW

   Jeptha J. Bradshaw, 72, died in a Franklin hospital Saturday after a long 
illness.

   A lifelong resident of the Franklin community, he was a retired farmer.  He 
was a member of the Bethel Friends Meeting House.

   He was the husband of the late Mrs. Annie Blythe Bradshaw*.

   He is survived by six sons, J.J. Bradshaw Jr. of Ivor, J.N. Bradshaw and 
H.J. Bradshaw, both of Franklin, R.H. Bradshaw and B.E. Bradshaw, both of 
Norfolk, and the Rev. Melvin Bradshaw of Japan; one daughter, Mrs. Mildred 
Robinson of Washington, and 19 grandchildren.

   A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Bethel Friends Meeting 
House, Hunterdale, by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, the Rev. Nevins Nolder and the 
Rev. James N. Coney.  Burial will be in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley.  The body 
will be taken from Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, to the church at 2 p.m.


[Jeptha Jahue BRADSHAW, Sr., retired farmer, 
 lifelong resident of Franklin, d. 2 Apr 1960, Franklin, age 75, 
 interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 5 Apr 1960, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 4, 1960, p. 4] 

[*Cemetery list gives wife as Nancy Jane (BLYTHE) BRADSHAW (1888-1958), 
 dt/o Wm Albert & Nancy D. (COBB) BLYTHE. 
 Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
     Rosemont list (S-7):
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt] 

Additional information: 

His son Melvin Jeptha (1911-1913) and daughter Nancy Virginia (1916-1921) are 
buried in the BLYTHE family cemetery, about 2 miles south of Sedley, with his 
father- and mother-in-law. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-50):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.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/b632j8ob.txt