Henrietta Chapman Gwaltney

SMITHFIELD - Henrietta Chapman Gwaltney, age 90, died on Friday, Oct. 12, 2001. Her parents were James Edwin Chapman and Henrietta Chadwick Ramsay. She was the widow of Julius Darden Gwaltney, who retired in 1971 as executive vice president of Gwaltney, Inc., where he served for more than 46 years. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, The United Methodist Women, the Ladies Sunday School Class and Maude Underwood Jordan Circle. Mrs. Gwaltney was also a member of the Colonial Women, William Allen Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Isle of Wight Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She helped organize and served as the first president of The Junior Women's Club of Smithfield and was active in the Library Association. She was a member of the American Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk and the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Fla. Mrs. Gwaltney was a League Member of the Virginia Symphony in Norfolk and was instrumental in arranging concerts at Smithfield High School for the local children. Some of the joint projects she and her husband supported in Smithfield were the restoration of the historic courthouse on Main Street, the restoration of Hayden's Lane, and the establishment of a trust fund to be used for a variety of aesthetic improvements in the community in order to encourage business development in Historic Smithfield. Mrs. Gwaltney is survived by two daughters, Henrietta Chapman Gwaltney II of New York City and Florelle Darden Gwaltney of Kauai, Hawaii; three grandchildren, Christine Christian Bearden, Keith Gwaltney Christian and Noelle Monette Gauthier; her surviving siblings, Eddie Kay Willard and James Edwin Chapman Jr.; and six great-grandchildren, Katherine Bearden, Steven Bearden, William Bearden, Caroline Bearden, Cole Christian and Hanna Christian. The family will receive all who wish to pay their respects at the home, 304 South Church Street in Smithfield, from 4 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20. A funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Harry Spear and the Rev. Bob Cofield at 2 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22, at Trinity United Methodist Church, Cedar Street, Smithfield. Burial will follow in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Smithfield. Memorial donations may be made to Historic Smithfield, Inc., P.O. Box 102, Smithfield, VA 23431; Trinity United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 162, 201 Cedar Street, Smithfield, VA 23431; or a favorite charity. Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield, is handling arrangements.