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

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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 C. WHITFIELD, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 5 Jan 1956, Denbigh (now Newport News), age 85, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 42*), Franklin, 
   7 Jan 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 12, 1956, Section II, p. 4 

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

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 

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. 

file at: 
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