Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kitchen, Edgar F., 1954 

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EDGAR FRANCIS KITCHEN 

   Edgar Francis Kitchen, 78, operator of Airfield Mill Pond, a popular 
fishing spot in Southampton County, died in a Suffolk hospital on Wednesday, 
December 29.

   A member Barrett's Christian Church for more than 60 years, he is survived 
by two sons, Charlie W. Kitchen of Wakefield and Jasper C. Kitchen of Hampton; 
one daughter, Mrs. R.E. Heflin of Midland, Fauquier County; and eight 
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

   The deceased was a member of the Wakefield Hunt Club.

   Funeral services for Mr. Kitchen were conducted in the Purviance Chapel, 
Wakefield, on Friday afternoon, December 31, by Rev. J.E. McCawley.  Burial 
was in the Wakefield Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were B.P. Barrett, Hartwell Barrett, Wallace Brittle, 
R.C. Drewry, Y.C. Hines, R.R. Magee, J.B. Nicholson and W.C. Seeley.  Honorary 
pallbearers were members of the Wakefield Hunt Club.


Edgar Francis KITCHEN, operator of Airfield Mill Pond, 
b. 22 Nov 1876, Sussex Co., d. 29 Dec 1954, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 31 Dec 1954, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 6, 1955, Sect. 2, p. 7 

*Wakefield list, an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

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


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