Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitehead, Sallie B. Jelks, 1940 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ SALLIE BERTHA WHITEHEAD Mrs. Sallie Bertha Whitehead, 70, wife of John T. Whitehead, and daughter of Thomas and Eliza Williams Jelks, who died last Saturday, was buried Monday afternoon in the Courtland cemetery. Funeral services were conducted at 2 o’clock at Nottoway M.E. Church, of which she was a member. Rev. W.W. Beasley officiated, assisted by Rev. John Isom, pastor of Courtland Baptist Church. During the services William Darden sang "Rock of Ages," accompanied by Mrs. Darden. The choir sang "Abide With Me" and "Nearer My God To Thee." The casket was covered with a pall of carnations and fern and snapdragons. Services both at the church and cemetery were largely attended. Pallbearers were Willie Whitehead, Leslie Whitehead, Hugh Whitehead, Braxton Holcombe, Clifford Lacy and Willie Edwards. Sallie Bertha (JELKS; Mrs. John T.) WHITEHEAD, Southampton Co. native, d. 2 Mar 1940, age 70, interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 45*), Courtland, 4 Mar 1940, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 8, 1940, 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," Aug. 16, 1940) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w330j5ob.txt Their marriage record - John Thomas Whitehead, 35, w, So.Co., s/o Henry and Dorothy Williford Whitehead, Farmer m. 03-06-1890 Bride’s Residence, So.Co., Va. by Rev. J.W.S. Robins Sallie Bertha Jelks, 20, s, So.Co., d/o Nathaniel T. and Elizabeth H. Williams Jelks (Southampton Co. MB7:43; transcribed & annotated by Mrs. Bruce Saunders: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb07pt.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/w330s1ob.txt