Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gillette, Hugh A., 1937 

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HUGH AUGUSTUS GILLETTE 

H.A. GILLETTE DIES TODAY AT AGE OF 58 

   H.A. Gillette died this (Friday) morning at his home in Courtland shortly 
after midnight, following a protracted illness of cancer of the throat. 
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Mary Fox Gillette; a son, B.A. Gillette; a 
son, B.A. Gillette, of Lawrenceville; two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd King of Rescue 
and Miss Rebecca Gillette, a student at Farmville State Teachers College; a 
brother, W.H. Gillette of Richmond; three sisters, Mrs. D.D. Barham, Mrs. R.L. 
Felts and Mrs. L.N. Felts, all of Capron.

   Mr. Gillette was 58 years of age, and the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. 
William John Gillette of the Capron community.  Mr. Gillette had been 
Southampton County sanitation officer and deputy sheriff and had a wide 
acquaintance.  Funeral services will be conducted from the home tomorrow 
(Saturday) afternoon at 3 o’clock, by Rev. A.W. Roten of the Courtland M.E. 
Church, pastor of the deceased, burial to be made in Riverside Cemetery, 
Courtland.

   Members of the Masonic order, with which Mr. Gillette was prominently 
affiliated will participate in the burial rites at the grave.  The active 
pallbearers will be: Geo. B. Vick, L.W. McGrath, Jas. T. Gillette, J.W. 
Rollison, W.J. Story, Dr. P.P. Causey, Dr. J.N. Applewhite and L.M. Marks. 

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HUGH AUGUSTUS GILLETTE

   Funeral services were conducted for H.A Gillette, who died last Friday, 
from his home in Courtland Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock by his Pastor, 
Rev. A.W. Roten, of the Methodist Church, assisted by a former Pastor, Rev. 
H.F. Turner of Alberta, and Rev. H.B. Owen of Benns Church.  Interment was 
made in Riverside Cemetery with the Masonic order participating.

   The casket was covered with a pall of white roses and fern, there being 
numerous other floral tributes of love and esteem.  Active pallbearers were: 
Geo. B. Vick, L.W. McGrath, Jas. T. Gillette, J.W. Rollison, W.J. Story, Dr. 
P.P. Causey, Dr. J.N. Applewhite and L.M. Marks.


Hugh Augustus GILLETTE, Southampton Co. sanitation officer & deputy sheriff, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 19 Feb 1937, at home, Courtland, age 58, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 24*), Courtland, 
   20 Feb 1937, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 19, 1937, p. 1; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 26, 1937, p. 7 

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

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," July 29, 1965, p. 2), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g430m2ob.txt 


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