Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitfield, John E., 1945 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOHN EZRA WHITFIELD Sedley, Aug 3. John E. Whitfield 79, retired farmer of this community died this afternoon at the home of a daughter Mrs. M.E. (Bessie Whitfield) Bradshaw, after a long illness. He was the son of John and Louise Joyner Whitfield, of Southampton County, and had been a Member of Black Creek Baptist Church since early childhood. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Bradshaw and Mrs. Irene Collier of Portsmouth; four sons H. B. Whitfield of Portsmouth John L. Whitfield of Franklin; George M. and Reese Whitfield. of Norfolk; 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild; three brothers, W.K. Whitfield of Ivor, S.T. Whitfield [of Virginia Beach and J.E. Whitfield] of Richmond; three sisters, Mrs. Leigh Presson of Dendron and Mrs. Nannie Johnson, of Ivor. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at Black Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. W.B. Watson and the Rev. Shirley Whitfield. Burial will be in the church cemetery. ****************************************************************************** JOHN EZRA WHITFIELD John Ezra Whitfield, age 79 years, well-known farmer of the Sedley community, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M.E. Bradshaw of Sedley, August 3, after an illness of many months. Mr. Whitfield was the son of the late John and Mrs. Louise Joyner Whitfield of Southampton County and a member of Black Creek Baptist Church since early childhood. Surviving him are two daughters, Mrs. M.E. Bradshaw of Sedley and Mrs. Irene Collier of Portsmouth; four sons, H.B. Whitfield of Portsmouth, John Lawrence Whitfield of Franklin, George M. and Reese Whitfield of Norfolk; eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild; three brothers, W.K. Whitfield of Ivor, S.T. of Virginia Beach, J.E. of Richmond; three sisters, Mrs. Maggie Hancock of Sedley, Mrs. Leigh Presson of Dendron and Mrs. Nannie Johnson of Ivor. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Black Creek Baptist Church by Dr. W.T. Scott and Rev. Shirley Whitfield in church cemetery. The funeral was largely attended. The casket pall was of white and lavender asters. The pallbearers were: J.D. Owen, Willie Carr, Otis Joyner, Walter Bradshaw, Luther Bradshaw, Elton McClenny, McKinley Drewry and J.M. Johnson. Songs used by the choir were "The Old Rugged Cross," and "Happy, Golden Shore," and the poem "Crossing the Bar," was read. John Ezra WHITFIELD, of Sedley, retired farmer, b. 12 Feb 1866, d. 3 Aug 1945, at daughter's home, Sedley, interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery*, 5 Aug 1945, donated obit, newspaper unknown; "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 10, 1945 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Black Creek list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt Notes: Shirley Bradshaw Whitfield, his grandson, changed his name to Sam Bradshaw Whitfield shortly after preaching the funeral of John Ezra Whitfield. John Ezra Whitfield's first wife was Elizabeth B. McClenny 9/1872-9/14/1904, also buried at Black Creek Baptist Church. (dw) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Dale Whitfield (Whitfield65@aol.com), William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) and Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w314j2ob.txt