Southampton County-Lynchburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Norfleet, Wilson, 1969 

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WILSON NORFLEET

WILSON NORFLEET, 64, RETIRED EXECUTIVE

  LYNCHBURG - Wilson Norfleet, 64, retired assistant treasurer of Imperial 
Reading Co., died Thursday in a hospital.

  He was a son of Herbert Lee and Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson Norfleet of 
Franklin and the husband of Mrs. Gwendolyn Weeks Norfleet.

  He attended the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., and the 
University of Pennsylvania and was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, 
Baltimore.

  He spent the earlier part of his life in Havana, Cuba, where his father 
was in business after the Spanish-American War.  He lived in Baltimore before 
moving to Lynchburg about 15 years ago.

  Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Miss Nancy Scott Norfleet 
of New York and Mrs. Robert C. Brickhouse of Richmond; and a sister, Mrs. 
William Watson Caswell Jr. of Charleston, S.C.

  A funeral service will be held today at 2 p.m. in Diugid Funeral Chapel. 
Another funeral service will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. in Poplar Spring 
cemetery, Franklin, by the Rev. Robert E. Davis.

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WILSON NORFLEET

   LYNCHBURG - A funeral service for Wilson Norfleet was conducted at 2 p.m. 
Saturday in Diugid Funeral Chapel, Lynchburg.  A graveside service was 
conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, by the Rev. 
Robert E. Davis, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church.  W.J.M. Holland & Sons 
funeral directors was in charge.

   Norfleet, 64, died in a Lynchburg hospital Thursday afternoon, Sept. 25 
following a heart attack three weeks ago.

   A native of Franklin, he was a son of Herbert Lee Norfleet and Mrs. 
Elizabeth Atkinson Norfleet and the husband of Mrs. Gwendolyn Weeks Norfleet.

   He spent his early years in Havana, Cuba and lived in Baltimore, Md., 
before coming to Lynchburg some 15 years ago.

   He attended the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., the University of 
Pennsylvania and was a graduate of Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Md.  Until his 
recent retirement, he was assistant-treasurer of Imperial Reading Company, 
Lynchburg.  He was an Episcopalian.

   Surviving besides his wife are two daughters, Miss Nancy Scott Norfleet of 
New York City and Mrs. Robert C. Brickhouse of Richmond and a sister, Mrs. 
William Watson Caswell Jr. of Charleston, S.C.


Wilson NORFLEET, retired Lynchburg businessman, 
formerly of Havana & Baltimore, 
Franklin native, d. 25 Sep 1969, Lynchburg, age 64, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 6*), Franklin, 
   28 Sep 1969, 
"The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA), Sep. 27, 1969, A-10; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 2, 1969, Section II, p. 4 

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

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

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 30, 1949, p. 20), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/n614h1ob.txt 


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