Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kitchen, James D., 1921 

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JAMES DUNWOOD KITCHEN

   James Dunwood Kitchen, son of Mary Griffin and James David Kitchen and 
brother of Warren D. Kitchen of this town, died at his home here on the morning 
of April 11th, in the twenty-fourth year of his age. Lone of the "disabled 
saviors of our civilization and freedom."

   In the strength of young manhood and when life looked brightest, he 
unhesitatingly answered his country’s call in September 1917, and was severely 
injured in line of duty on January 10, 1918. After spending many months in the 
hospital he returned home to be cared for by those he loved and had been a 
brave and patient suffer through a long and painful illness. He has had the 
heartfelt sympathy of his town and county.

   The funeral services were conducted at his home in Hill street by his 
pastor, Rev. J.A. Chapman, of the Methodist Church, assisted by Dr. C.H. 
Rowland of the Christian Church, amidst a concourse of sorrowing relatives and 
friends and a large number of his comrades in arms.

   The pallbearers were C.A. Cutchins, Jr., J. Ryland Dunn, Thos. D. Boone, 
Linwood Moore, Leland Fleetwood, Geo. O. Watkins, R.J. Howell, R.E. Futrelle, 
all of whom were members of Southampton Post 73 of American Legion.

   Surrounded by beautiful flowers and just as the sun was sinking, while the 
choir sang softly, "Asleep in Jesus", these comrades laid him to rest under the 
shade of the trees in the family burying ground at his loved home near 
Courtland.


[James Dunwood KITCHEN, d. 11 Apr 1921, age 24, 
 interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery?, Franklin, Apr 1921, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), obit dated 15 Apr 1921, p. 5] 

[not found in cemetery listings; 
 parents & bro Warren interred in Poplar Spring, New Annex, Plot 168 (FN-66)] 

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