Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitley, Felicia L. O達erry, 1967 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ FELICIA O達ERRY 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達erry 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達erry. 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達ERRY; Mrs. Frank C.) WHITLEY, Southampton Co. native, d. 31 Oct 1966, Franklin, age circa 82*, interred in Mt. Horeb Methodist Church Cemetery*, 1 Nov 1966, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 3, 1966, p. 7; "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 10, 1966, p. 10 *Additional information: Her marker gives b. 1883. (Find a Grave Mem. #35351400) Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-16): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt Her D.Cert. (67-029681) gives b. 7 Oct 1885. 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 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/w340f2ob.txt