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

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THOMAS COUNCILL CUTCHINS, JR.

 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, 
drowned 2 Mar 1952, Nottoway R. at Cypress Bridge, age 32, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 22*), Courtland, 5 Mar 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 7, 1952, p. 1 

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

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 


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