Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitehead, Elizabeth E. Rowe, 1957 

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ELIZABETH EUGENIA ROWE WHITEHEAD

   Mrs. Bettie Rowe Whitehead, 76, of Courtland, died Friday night, 
February 22, in Raiford Memorial Hospital after a long illness.

   Mrs. Whitehead was the widow of Jordan Walter Whitehead of Courtland 
and the daughter of the late James Elliott and Mary Eugenia Williams Rowe 
of Southampton county.  She was a member of the Sebrell Methodist Church 
and of its Woman’s Society of Christian Service.

   Surviving her are four daughters, Mrs. W.N. Whitehead and Mrs. C.S. 
Whitehead Applewhite, both of Sebrell, Mrs. R.W. Cole of Courtland and 
Miss Elizabeth Whitehead of Norfolk; five sons, Ryland A. Whitehead, H. 
Bradford Whitehead, H. Elton Whitehead, Homer R. Whitehead, and Geno B. 
Whitehead, all of Courtland; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild; 
a brother, Charles H. Rowe, and a sister, Mrs. R.N. Wells, both of 
Courtland, and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. in the chapel of the 
W.J.M. Holland and sons Funeral Home by Rev. C.A. McCormick, Jr., pastor 
of the Courtland Methodist Church, and Rev. David Willis, pastor of 
Vincent Grove Methodist Church.  Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, 
Courtland.

   Active pallbearers were Edwin Priggen, Charles Rowe, J.T. Rowe, Jr., 
Leslie Whitehead, H.B. Rowe and Leroy Bryant.


Elizabeth Eugenia "Bettie" (ROWE; Mrs. Jordan W.) WHITEHEAD, of Courtland, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 22 Feb 1957, Franklin, age 76, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section II, Plot 41*), Courtland, 24 Feb 1957, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 28, 1957, Sect. I, p. 6 

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

Her parents are buried in a ROWE family cemetery, near Courtland. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-14): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 30, 1923, p. 1) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r000j1ob.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," May 29, 1931, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w330j6ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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