Southampton-Nansemond County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitfield, Clio E. King, 1945 

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CLIO KING WHITFIELD

   Mrs. Clio King Whitfield, 74, well-known resident of Franklin, died at 
Raiford Memorial Hospital, Monday afternoon following a heart attack Sunday 
night.

   Mrs. Whitfield, wife of Charlie F. Whitfield, of Franklin, was born in 
Portsmouth and later moved to Whaleyville, where she lived until married.  She 
was a member of High Street Methodist Church, of Franklin.

   Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. James C. Story, 
of Newsoms; three sons, Marion Southgate Whitfield, T. Franklin Whitfield, of 
Franklin, and Lieut. Elliott King Whitfield, USA, in the Pacific*; two 
grandchildren, Constance Story, of Newsoms and Marion Southgate Whitfield, 
Jr., and an aunt, Miss Maggie Hodges, of Norfolk.

   Funeral services were conducted from the residence in Second Avenue 
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by her pastor, Rev. E.W. Aaron, assisted 
by Rev. R.D. Stephenson.  There were many beautiful floral tributes and the 
pall was of white gladioli and lavender asters.  Burial was made in the family 
plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the active pallbearers being: Arthur Vaughan, 
Edward F. Gilliam, Harry Steinhardt, Jesse A. Weede, J.F. Matthews, J.E. 
Wright all of Franklin, T.H. Barrett of Statesville and R.B. Story, Jr., of 
Courtland.


Clio E. (KING; Mrs. Charlie F.) WHITFIELD, of Franklin, formerly of Whaleyville, 
Portsmouth native, d. 17 Sep 1945, Franklin, age 74, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 192**), Franklin, 
   16 Sep 1945, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 21, 1945, p. 1 

**Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

*Her son Elliott did not, in fact, survive her.  He was a bombadier on a B-29, 
which crashed into Mt. Nagasaki, Japan, 4 Sep 1945, while on a mission to drop 
food to American POW's.  His brother was notified 12 Oct that Elliott was 
missing, but his death was not confirmed by the War Department until 18 Dec. 
Elliott's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 21, 1945) is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w314e2ob.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 19, 1949, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w314c2ob.txt 


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