Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, Herman R., 1962 

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HERMAN ROBERT BLYTHE

   Herman Robert Blythe, 48, driver for Sol. W. Rawls, Inc., oil distributor of 
Franklin died of heart attack Wednesday afternoon in route to a Norfolk 
hospital.

   Mr. Blythe was in Norfolk waiting for his oil tank truck to be filled when 
he collapsed. He had been treated previously by a physician for a heart 
condition.

   Funeral services were conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at W.J.M. Holland funeral 
home by the Rev. Gilliam C. Bentley, pastor of High street Methodist Church.  
Burial was in Poplar Spring cemetery.

   A lifelong resident of the community, he was a member of High Street 
Methodist Church and was the son of the late James Robert and Mrs. Nettie 
Joyner Blythe of Franklin.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edna Pittman Blythe of the home two sons, 
Fred Blythe and Hugh Pittman Blythe of the home; two daughters, Jane Terrell 
Blythe and Ann Carolyn Blythe, Also of the home; four brothers, Ashby Blythe of 
Norfolk, Bernard Blythe and Howard Blythe of Franklin, and Percy Blythe of 
Hopewell; six sisters Mrs. Graham Atkins and Mrs. Herman Cobb of Franklin, Mrs. 
J.D. Harrison of Norfolk, Mrs. Kate Saunders of Richmond; Mrs. Morris Clements 
of Brandon and Mrs. Claud Dunn of Prince George.

   Pallbearers were Arthur Smith, W.G. O'Brien, S.W. Rawls, Jr., John Galloway, 
Edgar Blythe, Hugh Taylor, Sr., Matthew Turner and Dr. Darden W. Jones.


[Herman Robert BLYTHE, d. 21 Feb 1962, Norfolk, age 48, 
 interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, 23 Feb 1962, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), obit dated 26 Feb 1962, p. 4] 

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