Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cohoon, Henry P., 1942 

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HENRY PEEBLES COHOON 

Henry P. Cohoon 

  Henry Peebles Cohoon, 36, field supervisor for the Virginia Electric and 
Power Co., died at Boykins, Va., Saturday at 6:30 p.m. 

  The son of Mrs. Sue Urquhart Cohoon, he is survived by his widow, Mrs. 
Leland [sic; Leolyn] Curling Cohoon, and a daughter, Margaret.  Three brothers 
are living, Claude Cohoon, Jr., of Brunswick, Ga., William and George Cohoon, 
of Suffolk. 

  Henry Urquhart and Paul T. Cohoon, of Suffolk, are surviving uncles. 

  The body was taken to the R.W. Baker and Company Funeral Home where services 
will be conducted at 5 p.m. today by the Rev. Jack Gray, of Franklin. 

  Active pallbearers will be Lewis T. Cohoon, Woodville Holton, Carlton 
Curling, George Badran, James Sadler, James Knolle, Elmer Godfrey, Edward 
Stephenson, James Mayo, and P.G. Everett, Jr. 

  Members of the Virginia Electric and Power Company staff will act as 
honorary pallbearers. 

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HENRY P. COHOON 

   Henry P. Cohoon, aged 36, a member of a prominent Suffolk family died 
Saturday evening, July 11, about 6:30 p.m. in Boykins after a brief illness. 

   He had been connected with the Virginia Electric and Power Company and has 
been stationed in Suffolk for the past few months, before which time he was 
located in Boykins.  At the time of his death he was relieving N.E. Stephenson 
of Boykins, who was away on his vacation.  Mrs. Cohoon was with him in Boykins 
at the time of his death, and accompanied the body to Suffolk Saturday night. 

   He was the son of Mrs. Sue Urquhart and the late Claude C. Cohoon of 
Suffolk.  Surviving him besides his mother are his widow, Mrs. Leolyn Curling 
Cohoon, a daughter, Margaret Cohoon, all of Suffolk, and three brothers, 
George and William Cohoon of Suffolk, and Claude Cohoon of Brunswick, Georgia. 

   Funeral services were held in Suffolk Monday evening at 5:00 p.m., 
conducted by Rev. John A. Gray.


Henry Peebles COHOON, VEPCO field supervisor, 
b. 3 Jul 1906, Suffolk, d. 11 Jul 1942, Boykins, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 102*), Suffolk, 13 Jul 1942, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 20, No. 96, Mon., July 13, 1942, p. 8; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 37, No. 38, Fri., July 17, 1942, p. 1 

*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 posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #91120476. 

His parents are buried in the same lot. 

D.Cert. 16851 (Boykins #14) 

His widow (1909 GA - 1993) 2m. George Edward GREGORY (1903 - 1964) 27 Dec 1948 
   in Portsmouth.  (Portsmouth #30588) 


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