Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ashby, Joseph Benton November 24, 1949
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot Saturday November 26, 1949 
Funeral Services Slated At Christ, St. Luke’s At 2 P.M. Today

Joseph Benton Ashby, 55, vice president of the Southgate Brokerage Company, 
who was prominently identified with civic affairs of Norfolk, died Thursday 
at 10 p.m. at his residence, 7449 Hampton Boulevard. He had been in failing 
health for some time.
A native of Mt. Airy, N.C., his late parents were Joseph W. and Mrs. Mary 
Sparger Ashby. He attended the schools of Mt. Airy.
After naval service in World War I, he established his residence in Norfolk 
in 1919. Earlier, he resided in Greensboro, N.C., and Lynchburg. He married 
in 1924 to Miss Blanche Lambert.
Mr. Ashby entered the drug business with the Ashcraft Drug Company of Mt. 
Airy. Later, he worked as a clerk bookkeeper for the Peterson Company, 
wholesale grocers of Greensboro, and accepted a position with the Moon 
Taylor Company, food brokers of Lynchburg and Norfolk. 
In 1927, he founded the Pedlin-Ashby Company of Norfolk and after two years 
went with Southgate Brokerage Company as vice president and director.
He served as salvage chairman for the Norfolk unit of the Office of Civilian 
Defense in 1943.
He was a member of Christ and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. At one time, he 
was an active member of the Norfolk Rotary Club. Much of his time was 
devoted to work of the Norfolk Community Fund and the American Red Cross 
here.
Active in the Masonic Fraternity, he was also a member of the Virginia Club 
and the Princess Anne Country Club.
Surviving are one daughter, Miss Rosemary Ashby, and two sisters, Miss Josie 
Ashby and Mrs. George P. Hardison, both of Norfolk.
The body will be taken from the H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments to Christ and 
St. Luke’s Church for funeral services today at 2 p.m. Burial will be in 
Elmwood Cemetery.
 

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