Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kitchen, F. Elizabeth Stephenson, 1982 

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FRANCES ELIZABETH STEPHENSON KITCHEN 

  Elizabeth Stephenson Kitchen, age 72, lifelong resident of Wakefield, died 
Wednesday, October 20, 1982 at her home.  She was the widow of Earling S. 
Kitchen Sr.; she was a member of Wakefield United Methodist Church, United 
Methodist Women and served on the Administrative Board for many years.  She 
was a member of the Woman's Club of Wakefield, the Frances Bland Randolph 
Chapter of N.S.D.A.R., the Thomas Rolfe Branch APVA.  She graduated from 
Farmville State Teacher College 1931 and taught in the public school system 
in Blackstone for two years; she was employed at the Bank of Sussex-Surry, 
Wakefield from 1936 to 1975 as Assistant Cashier.  She is survived by one 
son, E. Stuart Kitchen Jr.; two grandchildren, Timothy Stuart Kitchen and 
Karen Elizabeth Kitchen all of Wakefield.  Funeral service will be held 2:30 
p.m. Friday, October 22, 1982 in Wakefield United Methodist Church.  Rev. 
James M. Tongue will officiate.  Burial Wakefield Cemetery.  The family will 
receive friends at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, Thursday evening, 
7-8:30 p.m.  The family suggest memorial donations be made to the Wakefield 
United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, Waverly Rescue Squad or Ivor Rescue 
Squad. 

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FRANCES ELIZABETH STEPHENSON KITCHEN 

   WAKEFIELD - A funeral service for Elizabeth Stephenson Kitchen, 72, was 
held Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Wakefield United Methodist Church by the Revs. 
James M. Tongue and L.P. Bland.  Burial was in Wakefield Cemetery.

   Mrs. Kitchen died Wednesday in her home.

   A lifelong resident of Wakefield, she was the widow of E.S. Kitchen Sr., 
and was a member of Wakefield United Methodist Church and its administrative 
board.  She was a member of the Woman's Club of Wakefield, the Frances Bland 
Randolph Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American 
Revolution, and the Thomas Rolfe Branch of the Association for the 
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.

   She was a graduate of Farmville State Teachers College and taught in public 
schools.  She was assistant cashier of the Bank of Sussex and Surry.

   Survivors include her son, Sheriff E. Stuart Kitchen Jr., and two 
grandchildren, all of Wakefield.


Frances Elizabeth (STEPHENSON; Mrs. Earling S. Sr.) KITCHEN, 
retired assistant bank cashier, former teacher, 
b. 29 Jan 1910, Wakefield, d. 20 Oct 1982, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 22 Oct 1982, 
Purviance Funeral Home obit; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 25, 1982, p. 5A 

*Her parents, Levi Ernest & Frances Lola (DREWRY) STEPHENSON, 
   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 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 11, 1973, p. 8, & 
   Purviance Funeral Home) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/k325e5ob.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 22, 1948, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/s315l3ob.txt 


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