Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Corbell, Dr. Edwin F., 1935 

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Dr. Corbell, Long Practitioner At Sunbury, Passes Last Night 

  Dr. Edward [sic; Edwin] Ferdinand Corbell, veteran of a half century 
practice as a country doctor at Sunbury, N.C., and leader in the business and 
social life of Gates county, died last night at 9:15 o'clock after a brief 
illness.  The physician was 74 years of age. 

  A native of Chuckatuck district, Nansemond county, the son of the late John 
D. and Elizabeth Phillips Corbell, Dr. Corbell, after completing courses at 
Virginia Military Institute and his professional training at the University 
of Maryland and Johns Hopkins universities, located in Gates county, N.C., to 
practice.  During his long practice he took an active part in the religious, 
fraternal and business affairs of his section and was well-known in both 
states.  He was president of the Bank of Sunbury, a member of Sunbury Lodge, 
A.F. and A.M., and of the Episcopal church. 

  Surviving Dr. Corbell are three daughters, Mrs. Arthur Lynch, of Great 
Bridge, Va., and Misses Elizabeth Phillips Corbell and Florine Corbell of 
Sunbury; two sisters, Mrs. W.F. Cotton of Chuckatuck and Mrs. Ida Eley, of 
Suffolk. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the 
residence in Sunbury by the Rev. E.P. Minor.  Burial will be made in the 
family square at old St. John's Episcopal cemetery at Chuckatuck. 


Dr. Edwin Ferdinand CORBELL, physician, 
b. 21 Sep 1860, Chuckatuck, d. 11 Apr 1935, Sunbury, Gates Co., NC, 
interred in St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery*, Chuckatuck, 14 Apr 1935, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 13, No. 18, Fri., Apr. 12, 1928, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by BobbieJean - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #38487371, as is a photo - added by George Seitz - 
   of Edwin as a VMI cadet. 

His parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 241 

His wife's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Mar. 21 & 23, 1932) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c614f1ob.txt 

His sister LaSalle "Sallie" CORBELL (1843 - 1931) m. C.S. Gen. George Edward 
   PICKETT; they are buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond. 


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