Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Norfleet, Walter H., 1954 

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WALTER HENRY NORFLEET

WALTER NORFLEET’S BURIAL CONDUCTED

   Funeral services for Walter Henry Norfleet, 74, were conducted last Monday 
afternoon at 4 o’clock at Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. Harvey L. Carnes.

   Mr. Norfleet, who had spent his entire life in Franklin, was well known in 
this community.  He died early Sunday after being ill for many months.

   He was the husband of the late Ethel Murray Howell Norfleet of Franklin and 
the son of the late Issac Walter and Cora Cobb Norfleet of Southampton County. 
He was a lifelong member of the Congregational Christian Church of Franklin.

   Surviving him are two daughters, Mrs. J. Felton Johnson and Mrs. Cora 
Norfleet Melgard both of Franklin and one son, Walter H. Norfleet, Jr., of 
Franklin; two grandchildren, Sue Parker and Ethel Ann Norfleet of Franklin; 
one sister Mrs. Henry E. Grizzard of Drewryville, and two brothers, Linwood B. 
Norfleet of Greensboro, N.C.

   Pallbearers were: Dr. Darden Jones, Dr. Beamon Story, Dr. William E. 
Snipes, J.P. King, Tony Cobb, J.E. Matthews, Lyle S. Smith and R.O. Hayes. 
Services were handled by W.J.M. Holland and Sons.


Walter Henry NORFLEET (Sr.), lifelong resident of Franklin, 
d. 27 Jun 1954, Suffolk, age 74, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 124*), Franklin, 
   28 Jun 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 1, 1954 

*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," June 24, 1927), with their marriage record 
   appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/n614e1ob.txt 


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