Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kitchen, Charlie W., 1989 

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CHARLIE WILSON KITCHEN 

  WAKEFIELD - Charlie Wilson Kitchen, 86, died Tuesday, Dec. 12, in Southside 
Regional Medical Center, Petersburg.

  Mr. Kitchen was chief cook for many years at Virginia’s annual spring 
political gathering, the Shad Planking, sponsored by the Wakefield Ruritan 
Club.

  A native of Southampton County, he was a retired paint contractor and former 
caretaker of Airfield Mill Pond, Wakefield.

  He was a member of Barretts Congregational Christian Church and a charter 
member of the Wakefield Community Hunt Club and the B&B Hunt Club.

  Survivors include three daughters, Eunice K. Birtt of Bellevue, Ohio, Huntus 
K. Duke of Dinwiddie and Jackie K. Sullivan of San Antonio, Texas; a son, 
William E. Kitchen of Midlothian; a sister, Gladys K. Heflin of Midland; a 
brother, Jasper C. Kitchen of Newport News; six grandchildren; and seven great-
grandchildren.

  A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday in Purviance Funeral Home by 
Dr. R.E. Brittle.  Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight in the funeral home 
and at other times at the residence.

  The family request expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to 
the Ivor Rescue Squad, Ivor 23866.

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Charlie Wilson Kitchen

  WAKEFIELD - Charlie Wilson Kitchen, 86, died Tuesday, Dec. 12, at Southside 
Regional Medical Center of Petersburg. 

  Mr. Kitchen was a native of Southampton County.  He was a member of the 
Barrett's Congregational Christian Church, Charter member of the Wakefield 
Community Hunt Club and the B & B Hunt Club, a retired paint contractor and 
former caretaker of Airfield Mill Pond of Wakefield.  He was the chief cook 
at the Wakefield Ruritan Club Shad Planking for many years.  He was the 
widower of Stella Rollings Kitchen and the son of the late Edgar Francis and 
Pocahontas Branch Kitchen.

  Survivors include three daughters, Eunice K. Britt of Bellevue, Ohio, Huntus 
K. Duke of Dinwiddie and Jackie K. Sullivan of San Antonio, Texas; a son, 
William E. Kitchen of Midlothian; a sister, Gladys K. Heflin of Midland; a 
brother, Jasper C. Kitchen of Newport News; six grandchildren and seven great-
grandchildren. 

  A funeral was held Thursday, Dec. 14 at 1 p.m., in Purviance Funeral Home of 
Wakefield with Dr. R. Brittle officiating. Burial was in the Wakefield Cemetery. 

  Memorial donations may be made to the Ivor Rescue Squad, Ivor, Virginia 
23866. 


Charlie Wilson KITCHEN, retired paint contractor, 
caretaker of Airfield Mill Pond, chief cook for the Wakefield Shad Planking, 
b. 29 Aug 1903, Southampton Co., d. 12 Dec 1989, Petersburg, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 14 Dec 1989, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Dec. 13, 1989, p. 15; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 70, No. 51, Dec. 20, 1989, p. 5, col. 1-2 

*His parents, Edgar Francis & Pocahontas (BRANCH) KITCHEN, are also buried 
   there.  Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 89-042239. 

His father also operated Airfield Mill Pond.  His obit 
   ("Tidewater News," Jan. 6, 1955, Sect. 2, p. 7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/k325e3ob.txt 

His mother's (donated, 1909) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k325p1ob.txt 


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