Courtland – George Thomas Kitchen, Jr., 77, passed away January 29, 2020.  A life-long resident of Southampton County, he was a son of the late George Thomas Kitchen, Sr. and Ferne Turner Kitchen and was also predeceased by a daughter Janet Kitchen Crumpler and a sister Jeanie Kitchen Darden.  George was the owner of Kitchen's Grocery in Courtland and Dashiell's Half Room Showroom in Suffolk.  He was a former member of Manry Hunt Club and enjoyed fishing with Tommy Barham and playing cards with Tye Edwards, James Kello and Eddie Street.  George was a member of Sunbeam Baptist Church.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 59 years Ann C. Kitchen; a daughter Rhonda Kitchen Fabbri (Tommy) of Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY; was "Big Daddy" to his five grandchildren Justin Ford, Rachel Sterenberg (Mike), Sara Ford, Daniel Crumpler, and Jacob Ford; three great grandchildren Eleanor , Judah, and Emery Sterenberg; a brother and sister-in-law Jimmy and Maryann Coleman; a niece Jill Darden; and three nephews Jeff Coleman (Rhonda), Jack Darden, and John Paul Darden.

A Funeral Service will be held at 11 AM Thursday, February 6, 2020 in Wright Funeral Home with the Rev. Hoyle Green officiating.  Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM Wednesday in the funeral home and suggests memorial donations be made to Sunbeam Baptist Church, 31226 Sunbeam Road, Franklin, VA 23851.

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