Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ashburn , William Beauregard Sr. May 17, 1923
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark May 18, 1923

                    DR. W. B. ASHBURN DIES AT HIS HOME
      Prominent Physician of South Norfolk Had Been Ill For Ten Days

Dr. William Beauregard Ashburn, aged 61 years, a practicing physician for 36 
years and a native of Nansemond County, died at his home, Chesapeake and 
Ohio Avenues, South Norfolk, yesterday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock after an 
illness of ten days.
Dr. Ashburn enjoyed the confidence of a large number of friends and 
patients. Despite his busy life he was congenial and was very generous to 
the unfortunates.  He was never known to refuse to render service when 
called upon. For the last several years his practice had grown to such an 
extent that he was unable to meet all the demands and his son, Dr. Horace 
Ashburn, was called in as his associate.  To his crowded life  his general 
breakdown in health during the last two or three years is partly attributed.
Dr. Ashburn had practiced in this community for the last quarter of a 
century.  He graduated from the Medical College of Virginia and served as an 
intern in the Retreat for the Sick, in Richmond. He served as health officer 
in Berkley when it was a part of the county and later as physician to the 
county almshouse. He was also health officer in South Norfolk for a term.  
At the time of his death he was physician to the Relief Association 
maintained by the men of the Virginia Railway and Power Company, in South 
Norfolk.
Dr. Ashburn was a son of the late Peter Ashburn and Mrs. Elnora Gay Ashburn. 
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Geneva Godwin Ashburn, daughter of Mills 
Godwin, of Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, and two sons, Dr. Horace G. Ashburn 
and William B. Ashburn, Jr.; two brothers, J. Walter Ashburn, Tarboro, N.C. 
and Richard M. Ashburn, Suffolk and one sister, Mrs. Lafayette Rawls, 
Carrsville, Va.  He was a member of the Berkley Avenue Baptist Church, 
Chesapeake Tribe, No. 50, I.O.R.M., Tidewater Council, No. 30, Jr. O.U.A.M., 
Lee Lodge, No. 48, I.O.O.F., and Knights of the Maccabees.
The funeral services will be conducted in the Berkley Avenue Baptist Church 
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. Beecher L. Rhodes. 
Burial will be in the family lot in Magnolia Cemetery.

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