Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitehead, John T., 1940 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOHN THOMAS WHITEHEAD John Thomas Whitehead, 86-year old farmer of the Story community, died at the home of his son, R. Lee Whitehead of Courtland last Saturday. He was the son of the late Henry Whitehead and Dolly Williford Whitehead of Southampton County. He is survived by three sons, R. Lee Whitehead of Courtland, H.C. Whitehead of Norfolk, and R.E. Whitehead of Portsmouth; four daughters, Misses Dolly and Marie Whitehead of the Courtland community, Mrs. B.E. Holland of Holland and Mrs. J.W. Coggsdale of Courtland, besides several nieces and nephews and 20 grandchildren. Services were held from Nottoway Chapel M.E. Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock by the pastor, the Rev. W.W. Beasley of Courtland, assisted by the Rev. John B. Isom of Courtland. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland, with the following pallbearers: Braxton Holcombe, Willie, Hugh and Leslie Whitehead, Willie Edwards and Clifford Lacey. John Thomas WHITEHEAD, farmer of the Story community, Southampton Co. native, d. 11 Aug 1940, at son's home, Courtland, age 86, interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 45*), Courtland, 12 Aug 1940, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 16, 1940 *Buried with second wife. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Riverside list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt His second wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 8, 1940, p. 5), with their marriage record appended, is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w330s1ob.txt His first wife is buried with his parents in a WHITEHEAD family cemetery, near Courtland. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-62): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt Their marriage record is problematic - John T. Whitehead, 26, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., sn/o Henry & Dortha Whitehead, Farmer Ella Screws, 26, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., dt/o Bennett & Jane Screws m.lic. 21 Feb 1882, by clerk L.R. Edwards m. 22 Jan 1882, at Mrs. Jane Screws, by John T. Kitchen (Southampton Co. MB4:461) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 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/w330j5ob.txt