Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thorpe, Richard B., 1966 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ RICHARD BARRETT THORPE NEWSOMS - A funeral service for Richard B. Thorpe was conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Thorpe family cemetery near Newsoms by the Rev. Robert E. Abbott of Barnes Methodist Church. McDowell Funeral Home was in charge. Pallbearers were Hugh Barrett Jr., Harry Barrett Jr., R.E. Drake Jr., Marshall Vick, Ralph Barrett and Joe Everett. Thorpe, 52, died Tuesday night in a Lynchburg hospital. A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Vernon D. and Mrs. Lucy Barrett Thorpe. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Frances T. Butler, and a brother, V.D. Thorpe Jr., both of Newsoms. Richard Barrett THORPE, Southampton Co. native, d. 23 Aug 1966, Amherst Co., age 52, interred in the THORPE family cemetery*, near Barnes Church, 25 Aug 1966, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 29, 1966, p. 3 *His parents are also buried there. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-30): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 9, 1934) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t610v1ob.txt His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 28, 1944, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t610e1ob.txt 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/t610r2ob.txt