Surry-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gwaltney, Thomas J., 1932 

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THOMAS JEFFERSON GWALTNEY 

BURIED ON FARM WHERE HE HAD LIVED ALL HIS LIFE 

  Funeral services for Thomas Jefferson Gwaltney prominent Surry County 
farmer, who died Friday were conducted from his residence yesterday afternoon 
at 3 o'clock by the Rev. R.A. McKay, pastor of Mill Swamp Baptist church, of 
which Mr. Gwaltney had been a member for many years.

  Interment was in the family cemetery on the Gwaltney farm where Mr. Gwaltney 
died.  An unusually large crowd attended the funeral and the floral offerings 
also were unusually large.

  Honorary pallbearers were G.K. Little, S.E. Thomas, J.J. Holloman, C.J. 
Little, T.H. Delk, and R.J. Little.  Active pallbearers were E.F. Little, W.H. 
Ramsey, J.C. Little, G.W. White, C.S. Delk and L.V. Little.

  Mr. Gwaltney, who never married was 79 years of age at the time of his death 
and he had lived all his life on the Gwaltney Farm which has been in the family 
for many generation.  He was one of the best known men in his section of the 
state.

  He was born September 7, 1854, the son of the late James and Amanda 
Gwaltney.  The old plantation is located near the Mill Swamp Baptist Church, 
of which he as a member.  For many years he had been one of the leading 
figures in the agricultural life of that section and was widely known for his 
kindliness, generosity and good work.

  He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Berta Pitt, of Chuckatuck; a niece, Mrs. 
Lucille Laschott, of South Carolina, and three nephews, P.G. Pitt, of 
Chuckatuck; P.W. Gwaltney, of Richmond; and W.J. Gwaltney, of Norfolk.

  The old Gwaltney farm has been passed down from one generation of the family 
to another for more than a century and a half.  In the cemetery on the farm 
the members of his family, since they settled in Surry County, have been 
buried.


Thomas Jefferson GWALTNEY, farmer, 
lifelong resident of the Gwaltney Farm, near Mill Swamp Baptist Church, 
b. 7 Sep 1854, d. 26 Aug 1932, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in the family cemetery, Gwaltney Farm, 28 Aug 1932, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 13, No. 22, Sep. 1, 1932 

Death site from D.Cert. #18516 (Hardy #10). 

Mill Swamp Baptist Church lies in Isle of Wight Co. 


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