Jefferson County AlArchives Obituaries.....Forbes, Thomas Semmes May 27, 1939
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The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama, 28 May 1939, page 25, column 7 & 8
The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama, 28 May 1939, page 25, column 7:
“FORMER RECTOR TAKEN BY DEATH
   The Rev. Thomas Semmes Forbes, 71, a resident of Birmingham before he 
entered the Episcopal ministry, died Saturday morning at Accomac, Va., where, 
until January of this year, he was rector of St. James Church.
   Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Oak Hill Cemetery in 
this city.  The Rev. John Turner, rector of the Church of the Advent, will 
officiate.  Johns-Service will be in charge.
   The Rev. Mr. Forbes was born at Warrenton, Va., the son of John Murray 
Forbes, of Fredericksburg, Va., and Mary Elizabeth Seemes, of Alexandria, Va.  
He was educated at Hampton Sidney College in Virginia and came to Birmingham 
in the early eighties where he was engaged in the building material and life 
insurance business.  He was connected with the Union Central Life Insurance 
Company for a number of years.
   In 1914, he was called to Virginia to serve as an army chaplain of the 
Brotherhood of St. Andrew, and after the war he entered the ministry.  He was 
rector of St. James Church of Accomac until his retirement early this year 
because of ill health.
   His first wife was Miss Lottie Shepard, daughter of Col. A. K. Shepard, one 
of the pioneers of Birmingham.  Surviving are the widow, the former Mayme 
Hooke, of Chattanooga; a daughter, Mrs. Roy Smith, of Washington, D. C.; two 
grandsons and a number of nephews and nieces, including Carl P. Wittichen and 
Mrs. Pauline W. Gilliam, of Birmingham; Mrs. George H. Dunlap, of Mobile; F. 
O. Wittichen, of Memphis; W. F. Wittichen, of Coral Gables, Fla., and G. M. 
Wittichen, of Calgary, Canada.”

On the same page, column 8:
“Forbes – Rev. Thomas Semmes Forbes, age 81, passed away in Accomac, Va., 
Saturday.  Survived by his wife Mayme Hooke Forbes; 1 daughter, Mrs. Roy 
(Mary) Smith, 2 grandsons, nephew Carl F. Wittichen, B’ham; niece Mrs. 
Paulline W. Gilliam, B’ham, and other relatives.  Funeral services at Oak Hill 
Cemetery Tuesday 4 p.m.  Rev. John Turner, of the Church of the Advent, 
officiating.  John Service in charge."


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