Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wilkins, Birta H. Umphlette, 1956 

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BIRTA HAZELETTE UMPHLETTE WILKINS

    Mrs. Birta Hazelette Wilkins, resident of Route 2, Sedley, widow of Thomas 
Henry Wilkins, died Wednesday morning , June 20, at Obici Hospital, Suffolk, 
after suffering ill health for many months.

   Mrs. Wilkins was the daughter of the late Riddick and Josephine Umphlette 
of Nansemond County.  She was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church and the 
Woman’s Missionary Society.

   Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Doris Wilkins Smith of Suffolk and Mrs. 
Albert Wilkins West of Zuni; two sons, Lafayette T. Wilkins of Suffolk and 
Elton R. Wilkins of Portsmouth; 12 grandchildren; one brother, Lloyd Riddick 
Umphlette of Whaleyville and Mrs. J.R. Pierce of Suffolk, and a number of 
nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in 
Black Creek Baptist Church and the body will be placed in the church one hour 
prior to the service, Rev. L.B. Allen, Jr., pastor of the church, will 
officiate assisted by Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of Bethlehem Christian Church. 
Burial will be in the church cemetery.

   Pallbearers will be Floyd Riddick Umphlette, Jr., Lafayette Wilkins, Jr., 
Floyd Wilkins, Bobby Smith, Shirley Ellis, B.L. Riddick, Robert H. Horton and 
Howard Skinner.


Birta Hazelette (UMPHLETTE; Mrs. Thomas H.) WILKINS, 
d. 20 Jun 1956, Suffolk, 
interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery*, 22 Jun 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 21, 1956 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Black Creek list (BC-30): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 31, 1948, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w425t1ob.txt 


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