Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Babb, Barsha E. Jones, 1930 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. Barcia [sic; Barsha] E. Babb Is Claimed By Death Mrs. Barcia E. Babb, aged 84, wife of the late R.E. Babb, died at her home near Holy Neck Sunday morning at 2:30 o'clock after a long illness. She is survived by three daughters, and one son, Mrs. J.W. Russell, of Gates, N.C.; Miss Gertie Babb, of Nansemond County; Mrs. B.F. Fowler of Southampton county; Harry H. Babb of Nansemond county; three grandchildren, a niece and three nephews. Funeral services were conducted this afternoon 3 o'clock at the Holland Christian Church conducted by Dr. N.G. Newman, and the Rev. R.E. Brittle. Interment was in the Holland cemetery. "Barsha" Barsheba E. (JONES; Mrs. "Bob" Robert Eliot) BABB, b. 25 Feb 1846, Nansemond Co., d. 26 Oct 1930, at home, near Holy Neck, interred in Holland Cemetery*, 27 Oct 1930, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 8, No. 185, Mon., Oct. 27, 1930, p. 4 *Holland list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt A photo of her gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #181243767. D.Cert. 23892 (Holy Neck #28) gives daughter of Abram & Edith JONES; Dr. Job G. HOLLAND stated he attended her 2 Jan - 12 Oct 1930, for chronic nephritis, but the date of death is not given; buried in Holland Cemetery, 27 Oct 1930. We previously had Robert & Barsha also listed in Holland Baptist Church Cemetery. They m. 7 Sep 1871 (Nansemond Co. #66). Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b100b8ob.txt