Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Norfleet, Jesse C., 1944 

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JESSE CORDY NORFLEET

MILL ENGINEER DIES FROM INJURIES WHEN HIT BY AUTOMOBILE

   Knocked down by an automobile operated by Kelly Blythe, Franklin young man 
employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Jesse Cordy Norfleet, veteran chief 
engineer of the Camp Manufacturing Company, died Saturday morning at 10:15 
o’clock in Raiford Memorial Hospital.

   The accident which resulted fatally occurred on Second Avenue in front of 
the Franklin Service Station at 5:45 a.m.  According to young Blythe, who was 
hurrying to park his automobile at the Cavalier Service Station so as to catch 
the Navy Yard bus, Mr. Norfleet appeared suddenly out of nowhere in front of 
his car.  It was Mr. Norfleet’s custom to stop at the Franklin Café for an 
early morning cup of coffee on his way to the mill; and it was after leaving 
the Café that he was hit.  From all accounts the accident was unavoidable.

   Mr. Norfleet was picked up and brought in the Navy Yard bus to the 
hospital, where it was found that, along with other injuries sustained, both 
legs and an arm had been broken.  It was evident from the first that his 
injuries would necessarily prove fatal.

   The victim, who was 67 years old had been in the continuous employ of the 
Camp Manufacturing Company for 48 years, and had worked for the same concern 
for a total of 51 years, entering upon his duties as a young man.  The 
circumstances of his untimely passing were particularly distressing to his 
family and friends, since he had lost his wife, Mrs. Minnie Estelle Norfleet, 
less than two weeks ago.  He was universally admired and respected by a wide 
circle of acquaintances who knew his true worth as an individual and as a 
citizen.

   Mr. Norfleet was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Abram Norfleet and 
is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Noland Jordan, Mrs. Herman Caroon and 
Mrs. Cecil Old; 15 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild and one sister, Mrs. Lucy 
Norfleet Scott, of Philadelphia.

   Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon from the Holland Funeral 
Home by the Rev. Ernest W. Aaron and burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. 
Pallbearers were: R.L. Whitfield, J.J. McGee, Abram Norfleet, Jim Norfleet, 
Hersey Fowler, Joseph Fowler, John and Bill Norfleet.


Jesse Cordy NORFLEET, chief engineer of Camp Manufacturing Co., 
NC native, fatally injured by car, 2 Dec 1944, Franklin, age 67, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 9B*), Franklin, 
   4 Dec 1944, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 8, 1944, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 24, 1944, p. 4) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/n614m2ob.txt 


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