Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, Bernard, 1951 

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BERNARD BLYTHE

   Bernard Blythe, 33, a veteran of World War II and a resident of Franklin, 
died in the McGuire Hospital, Richmond, on Tuesday night, December 11, after 
an illness of several months. 

   He was the son of Mrs. Lucille Brock Blythe and the late Tony Blythe of this 
county; and he was a member of Union Congregational Christian Church. 

   Besides his mother he is survived by two brothers, Archie and Dempsey Blythe 
of Franklin; four sisters, Mrs. Lucy Jenkins and Mrs. Odell Smith of 
Portsmouth, Mrs. Mabel Drake of Sedley, and Mrs. Margaeret Tharrington of 
Franklin; and several nephews and nieces. 

   Funeral services were conducted at Union Church on Wednesday afternoon at 
3 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. Melvin Dollar, followed by interment in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery. The active pallbearers were Clinton, D.C., Edgar, Edward, 
James Lonnie, Morris and Phillip Blythe and J.G. Joyner, Jr. 


[Bernard BLYTHE, 11 Dec 1951, Richmond, age 33, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 14 Dec 1951] 

[file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.]