Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitley, Felicia L. O'Berry, 1967 

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FELICIA O'BERRY WHITLEY 

   HANDSOM - A funeral service was conducted Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in W.J.M. 
Holland and Sons Funeral Home for Mrs. Felicia O'Berry Whitley, a native of 
Southampton County.  Rev. Robert E. Abbott of Mt. Horeb Church and Rev. Allen 
W. Lawrence of Newsoms Baptist Church conducted the service, followed by 
burial in Mt. Horeb Cemetery. 

   Pallbearers were R.E. Drake, Jr., D.C. Blythe, Jimmy Walker, W. Tall Jones, 
Dr. Henry H. Gardner Jr., Karl Scott, J.C. Johnson and Joe Spence. 

   Mrs. Whitley died early Tuesday in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Louise 
Floyd, after a long illness.  She was the widow of Frank C. Whitley and a 
daughter of William Henry and Mrs. Louise Glover O'Berry. 

   Surviving besides Mrs. Floyd are three other daughter, Mrs. Annie Rountree 
of Suffolk, Mrs. Lizzie Britton of Handsom, and Mrs. Susie Guyton of Franklin; 
two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Ward of Portsmouth and Mrs. Louise Glover of 
Franklin; two sons, Woodrow and Burtell Whitley of Franklin; nine 
grandchildren and four great grandchildren. 


Felicia Lydia (O'BERRY; Mrs. Frank Calvin) WHITLEY, 
b. 7 Oct 1883*, Southampton Co. native, d. 10 Oct 1967, Franklin, 
interred in Mt. Horeb Methodist Church Cemetery*, 11 Oct 1967, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 12, 1967, p. 10, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #35351400, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (MV-II-16): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

Her gravestone shows b. 1883; a photo of it - added by Natalie Padgett - 
   is also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #35351400. 

Her D.Cert. (67-029681) gives b. 7 Oct 1885. 

An administrator's notice for her husband's estate 
   ("Tidewater News," Jan. 24, 1947, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w340f3ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list (PS2-96A): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 1, 1943, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/o160w2ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 22, 1944, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/o160l1ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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