Nansemond-Southampton County-Newport New City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Corbitt, Rev. William H., 1966 

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REV. WILLIAM HENRY CORBITT 

   HOLLAND - A funeral service for the Rev. William Henry Corbitt was 
conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in Holland Baptist church by the Rev. Carl 
Lee Ousley and the Rev. Jerry Odom.  Burial was in Holly Lawn cemetery, 
Suffolk.  The body was taken from Hill Funeral Home, Suffolk, to the 
church Saturday at 1 p.m.

   Pallbearers were George Brewer, Lloyd Rountree, R.H. Eure, Joe White, 
Doc Byrd, Tom Brindley, Wilson Miles, Guy Bunch and Glenn Buck.

   Rev. Corbitt, 64, retired Baptist minister, died Thursday in Obici 
Memorial Hospital.

   He had been in the ministry 44 years and interim pastor of Warwick 
Swamp Baptist church, Hobbsville, N.C., since his retirement in 1963.

   His first pastorate was Holland Baptist Church, where he went after 
graduating from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.  He also served 
churches in South Quay, Appex, N.C., Newport News, and Portsmouth.  He 
concluded his active ministry at Hillcrest Baptist church near Suffolk.

   He was a graduate of the University of Richmond and attended 
Hargrove Military Academy.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Etheleen 
Smith Corbitt and a son of Robert Lee and Mrs. Nancy Rebecca Carr Corbitt.

   Surviving, besides his widow, are two daughters, Mrs. Richard W. Faison 
of Portsmouth and Miss Judith Ann Corbitt of the home; three sisters, Mrs. 
Edgar Drewry of Zuni, Mrs. A.C. Carr of Franklin, and Mrs. Alton Bridger of 
Norfolk; three brothers, the Rev. Rufus Corbitt of Poquoson, James Corbitt 
of Newport News, and Charles Corbitt of Franklin; and two grandsons.


Rev. William Henry CORBITT, retired Baptist minister, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 25 Sep 1966, Franklin, age 64, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 27 Sep 1966, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 14, 1966, p. 7 

*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 

Find a Grave Mem. #190309941. 

His parents & paternal grandparents are buried in a CORBITT family cemetery, 
   on One Mile Rd., near Unity. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 6 (VI-18): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 28, 1947, p. 14) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c613r2ob.txt 


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