Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitfield, Josephus C., 1956 

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JOSEPHUS WHITFIELD 

Josephus Whitfield Rites Held Saturday 

  FRANKLIN - Funeral services for Josephus C. Whitfield, 85, Southampton 
County native who died Friday morning were conducted yesterday in the chapel 
of the W.J.M. Holland Sons Funeral Home in Franklin. 

  The services, held at 2 p.m., were conducted by the Rev. O.L. Gochenour, 
pastor of Mt. Horeb Methodist Church. 

  Pallbearers were Fouchee Railey, Ben J. Bryant, George Hill, John Bryant, 
Kemper Daughtrey, Jr., and Mack Floyd. 

  Interment was made in Poplar Springs Cemetery in Franklin. 

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JOSEPHUS C. WHITFIELD 

   Josephus C. Whitfield, 85, a native of Southampton County, died Thursday 
morning, January 5, at Patrick Henry Hospital after an illness of many months. 
Mr. Whitfield was the husband of Mrs. Eva Hill Whitfield of Handsom, and a 
member of Mt. Horeb Methodist Church.

   Surviving him are two sons, Raiford L. Whitfield of Norfolk and Charles A. 
Whitfield of Handsom; three grandchildren and one great grandchild.

   Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the 
chapel of W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home by Rev. O.L. Gochenour, pastor of 
the Newsoms Methodist Church and Rev. George T. Euting, pastor of Burroughs 
Memorial Baptist Church, Norfolk.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Foushee Railey, Benjamin J. Bryant, George Hill, 
John Bryant, Kemper Daughtrey and Mack Floyd.


Josephus "Joe Cephus" WHITFIELD, farmer, 
b. 6 Mar 1870, Southampton Co., d. 5 Jan 1956, Denbigh (now Newport News), 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 42*), Franklin, 
   7 Jan 1956, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 34, No. 6, Sun., Jan. 8, 1956, p. 12; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 51, No. 13, Thurs., Jan. 12, 1956, 
   Section II, p. 4 

*Additional information: 

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

D.Cert. 16967 (Warwick Co. #1324) 

He is buried with his first wife, "Mattie" Martha Sue EDWARDS WHITFIELD. 
   Her obit ("Tidewater News," July 15, 1932, p. 1), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w314m2ob.txt 

Photos of their gravestone - added by Anonymous - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #110525512 &c. 

His widow Eula Eva (BRETT HILL) WHITFIELD is buried with her first husband 
   in Barnes Methodist Church Cemetery.  SCHS Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-53): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

Eva's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 29, 1956) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w314e1ob.txt 

His sister Lula J. WHITFIELD is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-73): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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