Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kitchen, Richard J. Sr., 1957 

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RICHARD JASPER KITCHEN, SR.

RICHARD J. KITCHEN, SR.

   Richard Jasper Kitchen, Sr., 57, a resident of Ivor for the past 21 years, 
died Saturday, February 16, in a Suffolk hospital. 

   Mr. Kitchen, a native of Sussex County, was a retired merchant and a member 
of the Ivor Christian Church. 

   Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Maude Clark Kitchen; two daughters, Mrs. 
Robert A. Soulli, and Miss Doris Marie Kitchen, both of Ivor; five sons, 
Richard J. Kitchen, Jr., of Erie, Pa., Jack M. Kitchen of Hopewell, William R. 
Kitchen of Smithfield, John W. Kitchen of Sumter, S.C. and Will R. Kitchen of 
Ivor; one brother, Willie L. Kitchen of Zuni; nine grandchildren and several 
nieces and nephews. 

   Funeral services were conducted Monday at 3 p.m. in the Ivor Methodist 
Church with Rev. L.P. Bland, pastor, officiating, assisted by Dr. J.E. White.  
During the service the church choir sang "The Old Rugged Cross, Rock of Ages," 
and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye."  Burial was in the Ivor Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were W.D. Rawls, Jack Murphy, Kasper Kaufman, Archer 
Gardner, Herman Barnes, John T. Faircloth, and C.A. Anderson, Jr.  Friends of 
the family served as honorary pallbearers. 


Richard Jasper KITCHEN, Sr., retired merchant, 
Sussex Co. native , d. 16 Feb 1957, Suffolk, age 57, 
interred Ivor Cemetery*, 18 Feb 1957, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 21, 1957 

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


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