Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thorpe, Carl C. Sr., 1947 

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CARL CLEVELAND THORPE 

   Carl Cleveland Thorpe, 59, died at his home near Newsoms at 10:25 o’clock 
Wednesday night, June 25, after a long illness.  He was a lifelong member of 
Barnes Methodist Church and a member of the Men’s Sunday School class of 
Newsoms Methodist Church.

   Mr. Thorpe was the son of the late Argal Bernard Thorpe and Carolyn* 
Ferguson Thorpe.  Surviving are his wife, Geneva Ferguson Thorpe; two sons, 
Carl C. Thorpe of Newsoms and James Ray Thorpe of Blacksburg; two daughters, 
Catherine and Pearl Thorpe, both of Newsoms; two brothers, A.J. and L.W. 
Thorpe of Lake City, S.C.; two sister, Mrs. Joe Harrell and Mrs. Alice Carter, 
both of Effingham, S.C.; a granddaughter, Marion Elizabeth Thorpe of Newsoms; 
a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were held at the home on Friday afternoon at three o’clock 
with Rev. J.W. Morrison officiating, assisted by Rev. F.L. Baker of Richmond. 
Burial was in the Newsoms cemetery.


Carl Cleveland THORPE, Sr., 
Southampton Co. native, d. 25 Jun 1947, at home, near Newsoms, age 59, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery**, Newsoms, 27 Jun 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 4, 1947, p. 1 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-64): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

*His mother's name was Martha Sarah.  His parents are buried 
   in a THORPE family cemetery, off Barnes Church Circle. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (V-21): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt 

His first wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 15, 1933, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t610p1ob.txt 

His widow's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," May 16, 1978, p. 14) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t610g1ob.txt 


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