Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hedgepeth, Herman C., 1956 

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HERMAN CLYDE HEDGEPETH

   Herman Clyde Hedgepeth, 72, husband of Mrs. Nannie Powell Hedgepeth of 
Courtland, died Thursday, May 3, in Raiford Memorial Hospital, Franklin, 
following an illness of several months.

   Mr. Hedgepeth, a native of Southampton County, was the son of the late 
Richard F. and Mattie Davis Hedgepeth of Isle of Wight County. He had been 
employed for a number of years with the Fisher Lumber Company and was a member 
of Antioch Christian Church.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Fannie Dellows of 
Ramps, Fla., and Mrs. Marjorie H. Joyner of Walters; three sons, Herman Paul 
Hedgepeth of Courtland, Willie J. Hedgepeth of Plymouth, N.C., and Robert F. 
Hedgepeth of New Haven, Conn.; a brother, Dilliam Hedgepeth of Chapel Hill, N.C.; 
five sisters, Mrs. Ruth Taylor and Mrs. H.H. Holland of Suffolk, Mrs. Whittie 
Johnson of Selma, N.C., Mrs. Hertie Powell of Portsmouth and Miss Carrie 
Hedgepeth of California, and ten grandchildren.

   Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in the chapel of W.J.M. 
Holland & Sons Funeral Home by Rev. Charles Hutcheson, pastor of Antioch 
Christian Church and Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church. 
Burial was in Antioch Church Cemetery.

  Active pallbearers were W.E. Edwards, Stuart Jenkins, Clarence Pittman, A.Ray 
Jones, Charles M. Braswell, Joe Dickerson, Charlie Dickerson, and Paul Nettler.


Herman Clyde HEDGEPETH, of Courtland, sawyer, 
b. 6 Jan 1887, Southampton Co., d. 3 May 1956, Franklin, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 5 May 1956, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 10, 1956, Sect. 1, p. 5 

*Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

Unmarked? Not on: 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Find a Grave Memorial #153033983 

His parents, Richard Flournoy & "Mattie" Martha J. (DAVIS) HEDGEPETH, 
   are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 13003 (Franklin #44) 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," July 3, 1958, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h321n2ob.txt 


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