Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gillette, Thomas A. Sr., 1974 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ THOMAS ASBURY GILLETTE, SR. FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Thomas Asbury Gillette Sr., 85, of 501 Norfleet Street was held Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. Charles Smith. W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home had charge. A native of Southampton County, he was a retired insurance agent. He was a member of Franklin Christian Church. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Helen G. Skidmore, and a son, Thomas A. Gillette, Jr., both of Norfolk, a sister, Miss Lucille Gillette of Courtland, and 2 granddaughters. Thomas Asbury GILLETTE, Sr., retired insurance agent, b. 18 Jun 1888, Southampton Co., d. 16 May 1974, Norfolk, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section C, Plot 36*), Franklin, 18 May 1974, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 20, 1974, p. 10 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. #74-014458. His parents & paternal grandparents are buried in a GILLETTE family cemetery, near Isaac Xrds. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-51): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g430t1ob.txt