Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kitchen, Henry L., 1946 

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HENRY LAWTON KITCHEN

   Henry Lawton Kitchen, 45, husband of Virgie Whitehead Kitchen and a 
prominent farmer of the Sedley community died in a Richmond hospital Sunday, 
April 7, after an illness of a few weeks.  A son of the late Henry L. and 
Virgie Brittle Kitchen, of Southampton County he died less than a month after 
his father.

   Mr. Kitchen, who was a member of Barrett’s Christian Church, is survived by 
his wife and a number of uncles and aunts.  Funeral services, conducted by the 
Rev. C.E. Gerringer and the Rev. B.H. Watkins, was conducted at the home near 
Sedley Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.  Interment was in the family cemetery.* 

   Active pallbearers were: W.E. Parsley, N.M. Taylor, Cedric Pittman, M.R. 
Bryant, Lester Cornwell, Rufus Drewry, W.L. Whitehead and C.W. Kitchen.


Henry Lawton KITCHEN [Jr.], Sedley farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 7 Apr 1946, Richmond, age 45, 
interred was in the family cemetery*, 9 Apr 1946, 
marked in Riverside Cemetery (Section II, Plot 52*), Courtland, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 12, 1946, p. 7 

*Henry and his father are both listed, along with most of his widow's 
   siblings, in Riverside.  It is unclear when (or if) they were moved. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

*His father's obits ("Smithfield Times" & "Tidewater News," Mar. 1946) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k325h3ob.txt 

Henry Jr.'s mother seems to be identical with the Virgie Kitchen (1881 - 1907) 
   buried in a KITCHEN family cemetery in the Vicksville area, damaged by 
   logging.  Presumably, this was where Henry Sr. & Jr. were buried. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-59): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 

Jr.'s widow 2m. Rev. C.E. Gerringer.  Her obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," 
   Aug. 22, 1972, p. 41) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g652v1ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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