Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....White, Thelma E. Baker, 1967 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ THELMA ELIZABETH BAKER WHITE RICHMOND - A funeral service for Mrs. Thelma Baker White was conducted Friday at 1 p.m in the Frank A. Bliley Funeral Home by the Rev. James A. Coney of Sedley. Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. Mrs. White, 66, died Wednesday in a Richmond hospital after a long illness. A native of Capron, Southampton County, she was the daughter of the late Parley and Mrs. Minnie Russell Baker and the wife of Edward F. White. She was a member of Friends Meetings in Richmond. Surviving besides her husband are four sons, Edward F. White Jr., Houston, Texas, Dr. Marion Baker White, Tappahanock, Russell C. White, Charlottesville and William P. White, Bon Air; three sisters, Miss Mary Sue Baker, Miss Florence Baker and Miss Augusta Baker of Capron; four brothers, Roland D. Baker and Irving Baker of Capron, Otis F. Baker, Portsmouth and William P. Baker of Franklin and ten grandchildren. Thelma Elizabeth (BAKER; Mrs. Edwin F.) WHITE, Capron native, d. 28 Jun 1967, Richmond, age 66, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 99A*), Franklin, 30 Jun 1967, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 6, 1967, p. 3 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt Several of her siblings are buried in Capron Cemetery. SCHS Cemetery Project, Capron list (C-2): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt Her parents and her bro William are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 29, 1933) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b260p1ob.txt Her husband's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Dec. 9, 1975, p. 8), with their marriage record appended, is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w300e6ob.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/w300t3ob.txt