Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Babb, J. Leslie Sr., 1960 

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Joseph L. Babb, Sr. Is Interred Monday 

  Funeral services for Joseph Leslie Babb Sr., who died Saturday, were 
conducted Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Windsor Baptist Church by the Rev. Thomas 
O. Moak, pastor; the Rev. J. Sydney Cobb, retired Baptist minister, the Rev. 
Donald Trump and the Rev. B.A. Riddle.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

  The church choir sang "No Night There" and a quartet composed of Cecil Eley, 
Rufus Darden, Mrs. A. Dunston Johnston and Mrs Thomas Moak sang "Where We Will 
Never Grow Old."  Mrs. Marvin Eley was the organist. 

  The casket was covered with a pall of white carnations and Easter lilies. 

  Pallbearers were Eugene Atkins, Troy Willis, N.M. Edwards, Jr., Fred Bailey, 
Dunston Johnson, Robert Jones, Douglas Griffin and W. Carl Francis. 


Joseph Leslie BABB, Sr., farmer, 
b. 11 Jun 1895, Isle of Wight Co., d. 13 May 1960, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery (Block T, Lot 5*), Suffolk, 16 May 1960, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 117, Tues., May 17, 1960, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by cwellman - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #52014453 

D.Cert. 14337 (Windsor #4) 

His parents, James William & Susanna Virginia (POWELL) BABB, 
   are buried in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Collosse. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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