Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Norfleet, Herbert L., 1949 

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HERBERT LEE NORFLEET

   Herbert Lee Norfleet, 78, a native of Franklin, died Tuesday night, 
October 4, in Baltimore, Md., while on a visit to his son, Wilson Norfleet. 
He had been confined to a hospital there for several days, following a fall, 
and died in his sleep.

   Mr. Norfleet was a resident of Havana, Cuba.  He was born in Franklin on 
April 20, 1871, and was the last survivor of ten children of the late 
Alexander Wilson Norfolk and Indiana Virginia Norfleet, both of whom were 
closely identified with the early history of the town.  He was married in 
Franklin in 1900 to Bessie M. Atkinson [daughter of A.A.] and Vesuvia E. Moore 
Atkinson, also among the foremost of Southampton families.

   Mr. Norfleet was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, in which he served 
as a volunteer with the Richmond Light Infantry Blues.  A student at Richmond 
College, now the University of Richmond, before the War with Spain, he 
graduated from that institution in 1899 with the degree of B.L.

   Following his service in Cuba he remained in that country and went into 
business in Havana.  He made Havana his lifetime residence, and was among the 
best known of the American colony there.  He frequently visited in Franklin 
his sisters, the late Mrs. A.L. Gardner and the late Mrs. John C. Parker.

   Surviving him are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. W.W. Caswell, Jr., of Havana; 
a son, Wilson Norfleet of Baltimore; and one grandson and three granddaughters.

   He was buried on Poplar Spring Cemetery on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 
o’clock.  The services were conducted at the grave by Rev. Jean A. Vache, 
rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church assisted by Rev. Randolph L. Gregory of 
the Franklin Baptist Church.  Pallbearers were C.C. Vaughan, 3rd, Franklin 
Edwards, Dr. Beaman Story, Alexander W. Parker of Richmond, George O. Watkins, 
John C. Parker, Jr., W.W. Caswell, Jr. of Havana; and Rev. E. Norfleet Gardner 
of Henderson, N.C.


Herbert Lee NORFLEET, Havana, Cuba businessman, Spanish-American War veteran, 
b. 20 Apr 1871, Franklin, d. 4 Oct 1949, Baltimore, MD, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 6*), Franklin, 
   6 Oct 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 7, 1949, p. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Additional information: 

Herbert Lee Norfleet, 28, s, So.Co., Havana, Cuba, 
  s/o Alexander Wilson and Indianna Virginia Edwards Norfleet, Attorney at Law 
m. 01-30-1900 Franklin, So.Co., Va. by Rev. C.H. McGhee 
Elizabeth Moore Atkinson, 23, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
  d/o Arage Ambrose and Vesuvia E. Moore Atkinson 
(Southampton Co. MB10:123; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb10pt.txt) 

His widow's obits (donated & "Tidewater News," May 19, 1950, p. 9) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/n614e2ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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