Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harte, Rev. Jacob D., 1933 

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REV. JACOB DAVID HARTE

   The Rev. J.D. Harte, well-known in this town and section, died Monday 
morning at the home of his son, Nelson Harte in Martinsville, Va., after an 
illness of several months.  Mr. Harte, who was in his 64th year, was a native 
of Tennessee, a graduate of Richmond College and of the Southern Baptist 
Theological Seminary in Louisville.  His first regular pastorate was at Beaver 
Dam Baptist Church, which he served most acceptably from 1892 to 1898, and in 
the long history of that congregation it has probably never had a pastor more 
generally beloved than Mr. Harte.  While there he married Miss Gertrude Evelyn 
Norfleet, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alex W. Norfleet of this town, who 
survived him with one son, Nelson Harte, and two grandchildren.

   Following his Beaver Dam pastorate, Mr. Harte preached at Parksley on the 
Eastern Shore and in Petersburg, going from there to North Carolina where he 
preached successively at Hickory, Oxford and Monroe, retiring from active 
ministry at Monroe early last year on account of failing health.

  Mr. Harte was a man of unusual gifts in the ministry, possessing an 
unusually fine personality and having a host of friends everywhere he was 
known.  He was much in demand as a preacher in evangelistic meeting, 
conducting a most successful meeting in Franklin a number of years ago, while 
one of his last services was at a meeting conducted for the Beaver Dam Church 
this summer.

   Funeral rites were conducted from the Franklin Baptist Church Wednesday 
afternoon at 3 o’clock by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson, assisted by several 
ministers including; Reverends Geo. T. Tunstall of High Point, N.C., W.B. Poe 
and Dr. R.R. McCulloch of Oxford, N.C., W.B. Denson of Beaver Dam, Dr. W.B. 
Edwards of Murfreesboro, Dr. Jno. T. Wayland of Monroe, N.C., Dr. J.P. McCabe 
of Martinsville, Va., E. Norfleet Gardner of Dunn, N.C., Dr. Sparks W. Melton 
and Rev. Mr. Keefe of Norfolk.  Burial was made in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the 
pallbearers being: W.W. Winborne, Sr., and J. Goode Johnson of Beaver Dam, 
C.V. Mainer of Oxford, N.C., W.M. Rucker and J.J. Gardner of Petersburg, Joel 
Myers, H.H. Baucom and Joel Griffin of Monroe, N.C.

   Among members of the family and relatives who were here for the funeral 
were: Mrs. Harte and Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Harte of Martinsville; Mrs. A.L. 
Gardner and Rev. E. Norfleet Gardner of Dunn, N.C.; Mrs. Gavin Rawls, Dr. and 
Mrs. R.G. Norfleet, R.G. Norfleet, Jr., Mrs. J.A. Norfleet, Mrs. Herbert H. 
Cory, Miss Hontas and Margaret Norfleet, Dr. and Mrs. Julian Rawls, Miss 
Eleanor Rawls and Mr. and Mrs. George Daughtrey of Norfolk; Dr. and Mrs. E.W. 
Rawls of Portsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. Alex W. Parker, Miss Mary V. Parker and Dr. 
Emily Gardner of Richmond and a large number of friends from other places in 
Virginia and North Carolina where Mr. Harte had held pastorates.


Rev. Jacob David HARTE, retired Baptist minister, 
TN native, d. 30 Oct 1933, at son's home, Martinsville, age 63*, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 7*), Franklin, 
   1 Nov 1933, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 3, 1933, p. 8 

*Cemetery list gives b. 3 May 1870, so d. age 63. 
 Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Additional information: 

J.D. Harte, 28, Single, b. Tennessee, res. Petersburg, 
   sn/o W.A. & O.Y., Minister 
G.E. Norfleet, 23, single, b. & res. Isle of Wight, 
   dt/o A.W. & Virginia 
m. 20 Oct 1898 Isle of Wight, by J.L. McCutcheon 
(Isle of Wight Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy} 1898, p. 225 #93) 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 22, 1935, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h630g1ob.txt 


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