Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gillette, James T., 1954 

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JAMES THOMAS GILLETTE

JAMES T. GILLETTE DIES SUDDENLY IN COURTLAND HOME

   The wide circle of friends and acquaintances in Southampton and adjoining 
counties was shocked to hear of the sudden death on Saturday afternoon, 
December 18, of James Thomas Gillette, 67, prominent attorney and former 
Mayor, who succumbed to a heart attack at his home in Courtland. 

   The deceased was a son of the late William Percy and Ella Victoria Pope 
Gillette of Southampton County and the husband of Mrs. Carlynne Perrow 
Gillette of Courtland, who survives him. 

   A member of the Methodist Church since his youth, Jim Gillette had been a 
steward in the Courtland Methodist Church for the past 40 years, and had 
served as superintendent of its Sunday School.  He was a generous giver to the 
church of both his time and his means; and in the campaign to raise funds for 
the construction of a new church building he took a leading part.  For many 
years he was the teacher of the Men's bible class.  Some months ago he was 
honored by the Virginia Methodist Advocate with selection as "Layman of the 
Week." 

   After attending Franklin Military Academy he graduated from Randolph-Mason 
College in 1910.  For his law education, he attended the University of 
Virginia.  He was a member of the Virginia State Bar Association and of the 
Southampton County Bar Association. 

   Noted for his athletic ability, Jim was an outstanding football player at 
both Randolph-Mason and the University; and he never lost his interest in 
football and sports of all kinds.  This interest he concentrated on the 
football teams of Courtland High school, several of which made distinguished 
records under his tutelage. 

   Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Walter Shearin of 
Smithfield and Miss Bettie Frances Gillette of Falls Church; three sons, 
Robert Turnbull Gillette of Hampton, James Thomas Gillette, Jr., of Forest and 
Joseph Perrow Gillette of Courtland; six grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. 
Lizzie Gillette Dodson of Norfolk and Misses Kate and Mary Gillette of Capron; 
and two brothers, William Percy Gillette, Jr., of Capron and Edward Franklin 
Gillette of Suffolk. 

   Funeral services for Mr. Gillette were held in the Courtland Methodist 
Church on Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Rev. C.A. McCormick, Jr., pastor 
of the church, officiated, assisted by Rev. O.L. Gilliam of Mathews and Rev. 
E.R. Collie of Palmyra, former pastors and Dr. R. Orman Bryant, superintendent 
of the Portsmouth district of the Virginia Conference.  Burial was in 
Riverside Cemetery near the church he loved so well. 

   Active pallbearers were T.B. Bell, G. Leroy Bryant, Caleb R. Everett, Terry 
P. Gilbert, T.Asbury Gillette, W.T. Joyner, Leroy Magette, Wilbur J. Manry, 
Churchill G. Ridley, and Roland Vaughan.  Honorary pallbearers were the Men's 
Bible Class of the Courtland Baptist Church... 


James Thomas "Jim" GILLETTE, attorney and former mayor, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 18 Dec 1954, at home, Courtland, age 67, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 8*), Courtland, 
   20 Dec 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 23, 1954 

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

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 8, 1927, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g430e1ob.txt 


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