Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thornton, E. Ethel Hundley, 1957 

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EMILY ETHEL HUNDLEY THORNTON

   Mrs. Ethel Hundley Thornton, 67, well known resident of the Courtland 
community, died suddenly Wednesday morning, October 30, in Raiford Memorial 
Hospital after suffering a heart attack.

   She was the widow of Herbert Vivian Thornton and the daughter of the late 
John A. and Mrs. Delia Alice Gardner Hundley of Southampton County. She was a 
member of old Trinity Methodist Church.

   Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. R.M. Dickerson of Courtland and Mrs. 
Dunreath T. Williams of Norfolk; five grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. George B. 
Vick, Sr., of Courtland; and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services will be conducted in Friday at 3:30 p.m. at the graveside 
in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, by Rev. L.M. Kanipe of St. Paul Baptist 
Church, Wise County, a former pastor of Courtland Baptist Church.

   Active pallbearers will be Odell Joyner, Elliott Parker, Cedric Pittman, 
Warren Beale, L.A. Clements, James D. Woodard, Jr., G.S. Cornwell, Jr., and Dr. 
Frank Daughtrey.


Emily Ethel (HUNDLEY; Mrs. Herbert V.) THORNTON, of Courtland, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 30 Oct 1957, Franklin, age 67, 
interred in Poplar Springs Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 48*), Franklin, 
   1 Nov 1957, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 31, 1957 

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

Her marriage record - 

Herbert Vivian Thornton, 22, s, Sussex Co., Sussex Co., Va., Merchant, 
   d/o Erastus T. and Annie Lee Berry Thornton 
m. 12-20-1912 Suffolk, Va. by Rev. R.M. Maxey 
Emily Ethel Hundley, 23, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o John A. and Delia Alice Gardner Hundley 
(Southampton Co. MB15:87; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

232. m. 12/26/1912, Suffolk, Va., by R.M. Maxey 
Herbert V. Thornton, 22, single, b. & res. Sussex Co., 
   sn/o E.T. & A.L. Thornton, Merchant 
Ethel E. Hundley, 23, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o Jno.A. & D. Hundley 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb15pt.txt) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 17, 1955, Sect. II, p. 2) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t653h1ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 29, 1938) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h534d1ob.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/t653e1ob.txt