Southampton-Greenville County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kirkland, Lillie R. Chitty, 1972 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LILLIE ROSA CHITTY KIRKLAND CAPRON - A funeral service for Mrs. Lillie Chitty Kirkland, 76, of Capron was held Sunday at 3 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. James Luck. Burial was in Capron Cemetery. Pallbearers were James D. Pope, Joe E. Starke Jr., Jack D. Scarborough, Roland Vaughan, Vernie Francis and Claudia Wall. A native of Greenville County and a lifetime resident of the area, she was the widow of James Henry Kirkland and a daughter of J.B. and Mrs. Anna Holloman Chitty. She was a member of Capron Baptist Church. Surviving are four daughters Mrs. Mabel K. Drake of Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Gladys K. Starke of Vienna, Mrs. Lizzie I. Terry and Miss Blanche R. Kirkland of Norfolk; and two sons, Paul H. Kirkland of Capron and James L. Kirkland of Franklin; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The surviving grandchildren are Mrs. Gwen Carpenter, Misses Debbie and Nancy Kirkland, Kenneth Kirkland, Cary Kirkland, Ricks Starke, Chris Starke and great-grandchild Keith Carpenter. Lillie Rosa (CHITTY; Mrs. James H.) KIRKLAND, of Capron, Greenville Co. native, d. 13 Apr 1972, Ahoskie, NC, age 76, interred in Capron Cemetery*, 16 Apr 1972, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 20, 1972, Sect. A, p. 7 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Capron list (C-23): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt Her infant son Ruben (1920-21) is marked in Capron (C-24), but he was buried in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Emporia. Lillie's parents are buried there also. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k624l2ob.txt