Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitehead, Mary E. Whitehead, 1943 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MARY ELLEN WHITEHEAD WHITEHEAD Mrs. Mary Ellen Whitehead, wife of the late George H. Whitehead and daughter of the late Robert and Mrs. Martha Bradshaw Whitehead, died Monday morning at her home in the Courtland community after a brief illness. She was a lifelong resident of Southampton County, a member of Courtland Methodist Church and a member of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the church. She is survived by two sons, H.A. Whitehead of Suffolk and C.W. Whitehead of Cleveland, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. John Norfleet of Franklin; Miss Willie Whitehead of Courtland, and Miss Lois Whitehead of Jarratt; one brother, S.A. Whitehead of Courtland and six grandchildren. Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Holland Funeral Home by the Rev. Percy D. White of Courtland. Burial took place in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland, with the following pallbearers: G.H. Yates, Homel Whitehead, Willie Whitehead, Maynard Worrell, F.N. Barker, R.G. Edwards, C.H. Rowe and T.B. Bell. Mary Ellen (WHITEHEAD; Mrs. George H.) WHITEHEAD, lifelong resident of Southampton Co., d. 13 Dec 1943, Courtland, age 79, interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 52A*), Courtland, 14 Dec 1943, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 17, 1943, p. 5 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Riverside list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 6, 1931, p. 7) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w330g2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w330m4ob.txt