Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cohoon, George U., 1943 

************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm
************************************************

GEORGE URQUHART COHOON 

GEORGE V. [sic; U.] COHOON IS KILLED BY HIT-RUN DRIVER 

Found On Rt. 460, Taken to Lakeview By J. F. Culpepper 

  Corporal George U. Cohoon of Suffolk, attached to the Air Corps at the Army 
Air Base, Birmingham, Ala., died at 1:30 [sic*] this morning in the Lakeview 
hospital about an hour after Sheriff J.F. Culpepper found him lying 
unconscious on the highway on Route 460 [sic*]. 

  Cohoon, from papers found near him, was home on a ten-day furlough to visit 
his mother, Mrs. Sue Urquhart Cohoon of 318 North Main street.  The corporal 
was carrying tickets which indicated that he was coming from Bristol over the 
Norfolk and Western Railroad to Suffolk, said the Sheriff. 

  "Evidently, he went to sleep on the train and went on to Norfolk, and was 
hitch-hiking back to Suffolk when he was hit." Culpepper said. 

  From Cohoon's injuries, a fractured skull, crushed arm, and internal 
injuries, the Sheriff surmised that the corporal may have been hit by a 
hit-run truck.  The Sheriff requests that all Portsmouth authorities, who see 
any motor vehicle which bears evidence of damage due to running down someone, 
report the vehicle to him. 

  Cohoon is survived by his mother, two brothers, Claude C. Cohoon of 
Brunswick, Ga., and William B. Cohoon of Suffolk; one niece, Margaret Urquhart 
Cohoon; one nephew, Henry Peebles Cohoon; three uncles, Henry Urquhart of 
Suffolk, George P. Urquhart of Norfolk, and Paul to [sic; T.] Cohoon of 
Suffolk. 

  The body was brought to the R.W. Baker and Company Funeral Home where it 
will remain until 4:45 tomorrow afternoon, shortly before services will be 
held at the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery.  The Reverend Louis K. Haskell will 
conduct services at 5 o'clock. 

****************************************************************************** 

  Suffolk, Aug. 19 - Corp. George Urquhart Cohoon, aged 39, U.S. Army, 
stationed at Birmingham, Ala., son of Mrs. Sue Urquhart Cohoon and the late 
Claud C. Cohoon, died in a local hospital this morning at 1:30 o'clock, about 
an hour after he is believed to have been struck by a hit-and-run automobile 
while enroute home on furlough. 

  Sheriff J. Frank Culpepper, who found the soldier lying on the highway with 
his head and right arm crushed, said the soldier was enroute to Suffolk from 
Portsmouth when he was apparently struck by a motor vehicle.  He quoted a 
sister-in-law living in Portsmouth as saying that Cohoon called her about 9 
o'clock, advising that he had just arrived from Birmingham by plane and was 
going on to Suffolk to surprise his mother. 

  The sheriff said the soldier apparently caught a ride part of the way to 
Suffolk and was walking along the highway when he was struck. 
Surviving him are his mother; two brothers, Claude C. Cohoon, Jr. of Augusta, 
Ga., and William Cohoon of Suffolk; an uncle, Henry M. Urquhart; a niece and 
nephew, Margaret and Henry Cohoon, Jr. of Portsmouth; and a large number of 
relatives in this city and area. 

  The body was taken to the funeral home of R.W. Baker and Company and on 
Saturday afternoon the procession will leave the funeral home at 4:50 o'clock 
for the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetary where services will be conducted at 5 
p.m. by the Rev. Louis A. Haskell, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in 
which Corporal Cohoon held membership. 

  Corporal Cohoon's commanding officer at Birmingham called today to say that 
an escort from that city will arrive in Suffolk Saturday afternoon and will 
serve as a military escort for the body. 

****************************************************************************** 

CORP. COHOON BURIED WITH MILITARY RITES 

  Funeral services for Corporal George U. Cohoon were conducted at the grave 
in Cedar Hill Cemetary Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock by the Rev. Louis 
Haskell.  The Rev. Haskell read, "Now the laborer's task is o'er." 

  The casket was covered with the American flag and Edwin Elwood Milstead and 
Joe Marra, representing the United States Army, were present at the funeral. 

  Gun salutes were fired by the local VPF and taps were sounded by bugler, 
A.L. Grant of the VPF. 

  Active pallbearers were Louis Cohoon, Willis E. Cohoon, Dempsey Frazier, Dr. 
W.L. Thompson, Marvin Whitley, Dr. Roland Ellison, Stuart Lewis and William 
Harrison of the United States Navy. 

CPL George Urquhart COHOON, Army Air Force soldier, 
b. 19 Jul 1903, Suffolk, d. 19 Aug 1943, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (C, Lot 102*), Suffolk, 19 Aug 1943, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 21, No. 125, Thurs., Aug. 19, 1943, p. 1; 
donated obits, publications unknown, 
   text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #30564549, by Sharon C Wagner 


*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #30564549; it gives d. 18 Aug 1943. 

His parents are buried in the same lot. 

D.Cert. 17428 (Suffolk #237) gives d. at 12:59 a.m.; struck on U.S. 58. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c500g2ob.txt