Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, Blanche R. Boyette, 1954 

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BLANCHE ROENA BOYETTE THOMAS

    Mrs. Blanche Boyette Thomas, a former Franklin resident, died at the home 
of her son, Chester Thomas, in Miami, Fla., on February 9.

   Mrs. Thomas was the wife of the late James Leonard Thomas, and the daughter 
of the late Timothy and Martha Vaughn Boyette of Southampton County.  She was 
the sister of the late J. Riddick Boyette of Franklin.

   She is survived by three sons, Chester Thomas of Miami, Fla., Clyde Thomas 
of Portsmouth, and George Thomas, of Washington, D.C.; a step-daughter, Mrs. 
Nannie Johnson of Suffolk; 18 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two 
brothers, Charlie Boyette of Windsor and Willie Boyette of Suffolk, and a 
number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted in the chapel of the W.J.M. Holland & Son 
Funeral Home on Saturday, February 13, at 2:00 by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson. 
Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Albert Boyette, John Boyette, Jack Butler, Paul Johnson, 
Willie Johnson, [...*].


Blanche Roena (BOYETTE; Mrs. James L. Jr.) THOMAS, formerly of Franklin, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 9 Feb 1954, at son's home, Miami, FL, age 71, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 87A**), Franklin, 
   13 Feb 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 18, 1954 

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

Her marriage record - 

James Leonard Thomas, 32, w, Va., 
   s/o James Leonard and Frances Elizabeth Sarah Stanley Thomas, Public Works 
m. 12-31-1902 So.Co., Va. by Rev. C.H. Rowland 
Blanche Roena Boyette, 30, s, So.Co., 
   d/o Timothy and Martha Rebecca Vaughn Boyette 
(Southampton Co. MB11:169; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb11pt.txt) 

Her parents are buried in a BOYETTE family cemetery, near Southampton Memorial 
   Park Cemetery.  SCHS Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 9 (IX-29): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol9.txt 

*"The Tidewater News" was storied in the attic of the TN building for years 
before the LVA copied them.  There is a line running through the print at 
the top and middle of many of the papers and it effected many of the obits. 
I've put elipses for the part that's missing. If it's obvious what's said, 
I've tried to fill it in. (bs) 


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/t520b2ob.txt