Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cutchins, Thomas C. Jr., 1952 

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THOMAS COUNCILL CUTCHINS, JR.

Body of Drowning Victim is Sought 

  Efforts continued this morning to recover the body of C.T. [sic; T.C.] 
Cutchins, Jr., 27, of Handsom, who drowned in the Nottaway River near Cypress 
Bridge Sunday when his outboard motorboat capsized. 

  His companion, Melvin Simms, also of Handsom and of about the same age, swam 
to safety.  Cutchins was pulled under by the current. 

  Sheriff T.B. Bell, of Southampton County, said the river was four or five 
feet above normal level today and yesterday.  The current was unusually 
strong. 

  Cutchins' father, who lives nearby, was at the scene this morning helping 
with the dragging operations. 

  The accident was said to have been witnessed by Willie Shaw, who lives a 
mile from the bridge and who was standing on the bridge at the time. 

  Shaw told Sheriff Bell that Cutchins and Simms had been running the 
motorboat in and out of a creek emptying into the river above the bridge. 

  Cutchins is survived by a wife and one child. 

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Body of Drowning Victim Recovered 

  FRANKLIN, March 4 - The body of C.T. [sic; T.C.] Cutchins, Jr., 27, of 
Handsom, has been recovered from the Nottaway River where he drowned Sunday 
after his outboard motorboat capsized. 

  The body was found within a stone's throw of the place he went down, lodged 
against a tree near Cypress Bridge. 

  Melvin Simms, who was in the boat with Cutchins at the time of the upset, 
swam to safety. 

  Cutchins' body was taken to the Holland Funeral Home in Franklin for funeral 
arrangement. 

  Cutchins is survived by his widow and one child, among other kin. 

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T.C. CUTCHINS, JR. OF HANDSOM DROWNS IN NOTTOWAY RIVER

   The swollen waters of River the Nottoway on Monday afternoon at about 4:30 
o’clock yielded the body of Thomas Councill Cutchins, Jr., 32, of Handsom, who 
had been drowned nearly 24 hours before.

   From the various accounts of the accident it appears that Mr. Cutchins, his 
young brother, Stanley, and his brother-in-law, Melvin Davis of Stony Creek, 
had been riding in a motorboat on the Nottoway, going upstream from Cypress 
Bridge as far as Courtland and returning to the bridge.  There Stanley 
announced that he was tired of riding and was put ashore.  The others remained 
in the boat, which was presently overturned in the turbulent flood.  Davis 
managed to swim to the bridge, where he clung to a support; but Cutchins was 
pulled under by the swift current and disappeared.

   A searching party was summoned to the scene.  But the body of the drowned 
man was not recovered until the following afternoon, when it was found against 
a tree some 30 yards from the bridge.

   Mr. Cutchins, an employee of Camp Manufacturing Company, was the husband 
of Mrs. Irene Whitehead Cutchins of Handsom and a son of Mr. and Mrs. T.C. 
Cutchins of Newsoms.  He is survived by his wife and parents; his daughter, 
Linda; seven sisters, Mrs. G.T. Story of Courtland, Mrs. E.E. Drake of 
Handsom, Mrs. Melvin Davis of Stony Creek, Mrs. Pete Bradshaw of Windsor, and 
Mrs. Charles Flynn, Mrs. John R. Harrison, Jr., and Mrs. Ivey Lee of Norfolk; 
and three brothers, Ray L. Cutchins of Franklin, Stanley Cutchins of Newsoms, 
and Cpl. Marvin E. Cutchins, AUS, stationed Germany.

   Funeral services were conducted at 2 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon at Mt. 
Horeb Methodist Church, of which the deceased was member, by Rev. R.B. Moore, 
pastor of the church.  Interment was in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland, the 
active pallbearers being Chester Griffin, James Jones, J.C. Joyner, Otis 
Rainey, Donald E. Rountree, J. C. Story, King Sutherland and C.L. Vick.


Thomas Councill CUTCHINS, Jr., of Handsom, Camp Manufacturing employee, 
b. 7 Dec 1919, Southampton Co., drowned 2 Mar 1952, Nottoway R. at Cypress Bridge, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 22A*), Courtland, 5 Mar 1952, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 53, Mon., Mar. 3, 1952, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 54, Tues., Mar. 4, 1952, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 47, No. 20, Fri., Mar. 7, 1952, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Betty Smith - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #189117983. 

Buried with his in-laws, "Gus" Augustus Crumpler & "Margie" Marjorie (VANN) 
   WHITEHEAD. 

D.Cert. 7768 (Jerusalem #2) 

His parents are buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-20): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 25, 1968, p. 12) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c325m5ob.txt 

His widow (1925 So.Co. - 2010 IA) 2m. a SMITH.  She is buried in the 
   Garden of Memories Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL. 


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