Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kitchen, Blanche G. Williams, 1924 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ BLANCHE GIBSON WILLIAMS KITCHEN MRS. KITCHEN DIES Suffolk, March 17. - Mrs. Blanche Williams Kitchen, 74, widow of J.H. Kitchen, of Courtland, Va., died here today. She is survived by four daughters, Misses Mabel, Irene, Bessie and Gibson Hunter [sic; Kitchen], of Enfield, N.C.; [one son, [J. Hinton Kitchen; and three sisters,] Mrs. W.N. Thornton and Mrs. J.E. Whitfield, of Courtland, and Mrs. W.J. Briggs, of Smithfield, N.C. The body will be taken to Courtland for burial. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Winfield Shiers and will be held at the grave in Riverside Cemetery, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Blanche Gibson (WILLIAMS; Mrs. John Hinton) KITCHEN, b. 20 Nov 1877, Southampton Co., d. 17 May 1924*, Suffolk, interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 24*), Courtland, 18 May 1924, "Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 95, No. 78, Tues., Mar. 18, 1924, p. 13 *Additional information: Her parents, Chas. Cooper & Janie Eliza (YATES) WILLIAMS, are buried in Episcopal Section, Plot 17. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Riverside list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt Photos of her gravestone - added by Speaker for the Dead & Budjr - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #32339470, which gives d. 17 Mar 1924. D.Cert. 6694 (Suffolk #86) Her father (1838 - 1891) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. A, 13th VA Cavalry. Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," July 29, 1921, p. 5) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k325j7ob.txt Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 23, 1920, p. 11) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w452j3ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k325b2ob.txt