Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cutchins, Raleigh C., 2000 

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RALEIGH CARSON CUTCHINS 

  Raleigh Carson Cutchins, 82, known as "Punk" to his family and "Shorty" by 
his friends, died March 27, 2000.  Born in Southampton County, he was a son 
of the late Clarence Lee [sic*] and Janie Futrell Cutchins and the widower of 
Eva Newsome Cutchins.  He was well known in the area as an ace mechanic, for 
his short stature, his love of people and a merry heart. 

  Survivors include three daughters, Toni Thompson of Rock Hill, S.C., Regina 
C. "Gina" Lowe and her husband, Garland, of Ivor, and Peggy C. Kannan and her 
husband, Robert, of Franklin; a son, Raleigh J. Cutchins of Virginia Beach; 
two sisters, Clara Mae Benson of Emporia and Ann C. Bess of Newsoms; three 
brothers, H. Paul Cutchins of Virginia Beach, James C. Cutchins of Zebulon, 
N.C., and Robert Lee Cutchins Sr. of Franklin; eight grandchildren and seven 
great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Wright Funeral 
Home with the Rev. Curtis Faison and the Rev. David Dillon officiating. 
Burial will be in Southampton Memorial Park.  The family will receive friends 
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home and other times at the home 
of Bob and Peggy Kannan, 506 Lee St., Franklin. 


Raleigh Carson "Punk" "Shorty" CUTCHINS, mechanic, 
b. 8 Oct 1917, Southampton Co., d. 27 Mar 2000, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Christus I, Plot 47B*), 31 Mar 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Mar. 29, 2000, p. B8 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Southampton Memorial list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

His parents, Robert Clarence & Nancy "Janie" (FUTRELL) CUTCHINS, 
   are buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 5, 1959, I-4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c325r2ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 10, 1969, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c325n2ob.txt 


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