Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitfield, E. Eva Brett, 1956 

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EULA EVA HILL BRETT* WHITFIELD

   Mrs. Eva Hill Whitfield, well-known resident of Handsom, died Saturday at 
2:30 p.m. in a Williamsburg hospital after an illness of more than two years.

   Mrs. Whitfield was the daughter of the late James and Mrs. Mary Johnson 
Brett of Hertford County, N.C.  She was twice married, first to Samuel Louis 
Hill of Southampton County and 20 years ago to Joseph C. Whitfield of Handsom.

   Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Jessie Story and Mrs. Edward Story of 
Newsoms and Mrs. Charlie Baugham of Norfolk; four sons, George Lewis Hill of 
Newsoms, James Britt Hill of Portsmouth, Samuel Thomas Hill of Roanoke and 
Eppa P. Hill of Baltimore, Md.; 30 grandchildren and eight great-
grandchildren; three brothers, Leo Brett of Zuni, Jimmie Guy Brett of Como, 
N.C. and Hubert Brett of Suffolk; four sisters, Mrs. Rosa Hill and Mrs. James 
Story, both of Norfolk, Mrs. Bannie B. Williams of Gates County, N.C., and 
Mrs. Blanche B. Gray of Courtland, and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in Barnes 
Methodist Church by Rev. O.L. Gouchenour, pastor.  Burial was in the church 
cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Russell Brett, Roy Hill, James Story, Dick Drake, 
Cleveland Johnson and Charles Baugham.

*The text, as originally published, gave her maiden name as BRITT- 
 changed to BRETT throughout.

Eula Eva (BRETT HILL; Mrs. Joseph C.) WHITFIELD, of Handsom, 
NC native, d. 24 Nov 1956, Williamsburg, 
interred in Barnes Methodist Church Cemetery**, 26 Nov 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 29, 1956 

**Buried with her first husband. 
  Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-53): 
  http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

Her second husband is buried with his first wife in Poplar Spring Cemetery, 
   Franklin - Annex 2, Plot 42.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 12, 1956, Section II, p. 4) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w314j4ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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