Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitley, Annie J. Brett, 1947 

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ANNIE JULIA BRETT* WHITLEY 

   Como, N.C., Feb. 18 - Mrs. Anne Julia Whitley, 85, lifelong resident of 
Hertford County, died last night at her home near here.  She had been ill 
several months. 

   Mrs. Whitley was the widow of Josephus Whitley, of Como, and daughter of 
the late James Brett and Emma Jane Whitley Brett.  She was a member of New 
Hope Methodist Church. 

   Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. J.P. Cunningham, of Como and Mrs. 
Willie Cunningham of Franklin, Va.; six sisters, Mrs. Rosa Hill of Portsmouth; 
Mrs. Della Bowles and Mrs. Mary Story, of Suffolk, Va.; Mrs. Eva Whitfield, of 
Handsom, Va.; Mrs. Blanche Gray, of Boykins, Va., and Mrs. Venie Williams of 
Gatesville; five brothers, W.L. and Jimmy Guy Brett of Como; L.E. Brett, of 
Franklin, Va., Leo Brett, of Zuni, Va., and Hubert Brett of Holland, Va.; two 
granddaughters and a grandson. 

   The body now at Holland Funeral Home, Franklin, Va. will be taken to New 
Hope Methodist Church for services Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. conducted by the 
Rev. John W. Morrison.  Interment will follow at Poplar Spring Cemetery, 
Franklin. 

*BRITT in original changed to BRETT 

"Annie" Anna Julia (BRETT; Mrs. Josephus) WHITLEY, of Hertford Co., NC, 
b. 15 Dec 1861, Hertford Co., NC, d. 17 Feb 1947, near Como, Hertford Co., NC, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 75*), Franklin, 19 Apr 1947, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Feb. 19, 1947 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #97785820. 

D.Cert. 7820 (Maney's Neck Dist.) 

Her father (1834 - 1915) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. H, 41st VA Infantry.  Her step-mother (1855 - 1930) applied for a 
   pension 28 Jun 1924 in Southampton Co. 

Her father left will 23 Oct 1903, proved 16 Dec 1915. 
   (Hertford Co., NC, WB D:373-75) 

Her father & step-mother are buried in the New Hope Church Site Historic 
   Cemetery, near Como, Hertford Co., NC. 

Her father (1834 - 1915) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. H, 41st VA Infantry.  Her step-mother (1855 - 1930) applied for a 
   pension 28 Jun 1924 in Southampton Co. 

Her father left will 23 Oct 1903, proved 16 Dec 1915. 
   (Hertford Co., NC, WB D:373-75) 

Her father & step-mother are marked in the New Hope Church Site Historic 
   Cemetery, near Como, Hertford Co., NC.  Her father ("1833 - 1915") also 
   has a Confederate gravestone in a field just outside Como, NC. 


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