Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kitchen, Luther U., 1951 

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LUTHER ULYSSES KITCHEN

   Funeral services for Luther Ulysses Kitchen, 64, who passed away suddenly 
on Tuesday, April 17, were held at the Courtland Baptist Church on Thursday 
afternoon at 3 o'clock.  The pastor, Rev. L.M. Kanipe, was assisted in the 
service by Rev. W.A. Grissom of the Franklin Congregational Christian Church 
and Rev. Frank L. Rose, Jr. and Rev. H.A. Sodegon of Emporia.  The choir of 
the church sang "The Old Rugged Cross;" and Joel Cook Holland of Murfreesboro, 
N.C., sang "It Is Well With My Soul."

   The active pallbearers were Harwood Babb, Lt. Marvin Bryant, E.A. Davis, 
R.G. Edwards, Sr., W.B. Ellis, R.L. Hancock, Jr., Oscar Kitchen and Charlie 
Norris.  Members of the Bible Class of the Courtland Baptist Church and close 
friends of the family acted as honorary pallbearers.  Interment took place in 
Riverside cemetery, Courtland.

   The deceased, a son of the late Robert Thomas Kitchen and Martha Babb 
Kitchen; was born near Franklin on September 15, 1886.  He lived his entire 
life among the people he knew and loved.  He was a devout member of the 
Courtland Baptist Church, of which he had been an active member since early 
boyhood.

   In 1907 Mr. Kitchen was married to Carrie Bryant Kitchen, who survives him. 
To the union were born the following children: Mrs. L.P. Jones of Emporia, 
Mrs. H.S. Taylor of Franklin, Sgt. Alfred B. Kitchen of Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., 
and James U., Reginald and John Irving Kitchen of Courtland.  Other survivors 
are seven grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Effie Norris of Portsmouth, Mrs. 
J.F. Parker of Emporia, Mrs. Charles Hudson of Richmond, Mrs. A.T. Curtis of 
Chester, and Mrs. W.A. Bryant of Courtland; and a brother, Rev. J.D. Kitchen 
of Blackstone.

   Mr. Kitchen was deeply appreciated in his church and community for his 
sterling character and moral worth.  He saw the best in people, and those who 
were privileged to know him were made happier and stronger because of his 
faith and his spirit of charity and generosity, which he so noble exemplified 
in his thoughts of others.  He was a sympathetic, and understanding husband 
and father; therefore he held the respect of all who knew him.

"When those we love have stepped across/ The threshold of God's door,/ 
 They leave behind those memories/ That make us love them more."


Luther Ulysses KITCHEN, 
d. 17 Apr 1951, age 64, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 63*), Courtland, 19 Apr 1951, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 27, 1951, p. 17 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," June 6, 1968, Sect. II, p. 8) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k325c1ob.txt 

His father's obits ("Tidewater News," May 1928) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k325r2ob.txt 


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