Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Umphlette, J. Sidney, 1960 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOSEPH SIDNEY UMPHLETTE ZUNI - J. Sidney Umphlette, 48, farmer, died en route to Obici Hospital Sunday after a heart attack at his home near here. A lifelong resident here, he was a son of Mrs. Lizzie L. Umphlette and the late Lonnie R. Umphlette. He was a deacon of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church and a charter member of Zuni Ruritan Club. Surviving besides his mother are his wife, Mrs. Eunice M. Umphlette; three daughters, Mrs. Marion Neighbors of Windsor, Miss Kathleen Umphlette and Miss Sharon Umphlette of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Eugene Rhodes of Windsor and Mrs. J. L. Martin of Williamsburg; four brothers, J. Louis Umphlette, Lonnie R. Umphlette and Ulysses Umphlette of Zuni and Gordon Umphlette of Garnersville, N.Y. A funeral service was held Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church by the Rev. J.W. Horne, pastor, with burial in the church cemetery. [Joseph Sidney UMPHLETTE [UMPHLETT*], farmer, lifelong resident of Zuni; d. 17 Apr 1960, en route to Suffolk, age 48, interred in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 3 Feb 1960, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 21, 1960, sect. 2, p. 7] *Cemetery list spells surname UMPHLETT. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Tucker Swamp list (TS-33): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt] Additional information: Joseph Sidney Umphlette, 24, IOW, sn/o L.R. (Lonnie Riddick) & Lizzie Bradshaw Umphlette Married on 12-21-1935 in Whaleyville, Va. by Rev. Rufus H. Corbitt Eunice Louisa Munford, 18, IOW, dt/o B.A. (Benjamin Arthur) and Josie Joyner Munford Isle of Wight Co. Marriage Register - 1935, line 87 (transcribed by Bruce Saunders) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/u514s1ob.txt