Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Babcock, John Lyman August 24, 1936 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 August 12, 2024, 4:16 pm Norfolk Virginian Pilot August 25, 1936 John Lyman Babcock, aged 80, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. L.E. Fiske, Little Bay, Ocean View, yesterday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock after a long illness. Besides his daughter he is survived by a son, Vinton S. Babcock, of Orlando, Fla.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. R.L. James, of Princess Anne County, and eight grandchildren. Mr. Babcock was a native of Leslie, Mich., but had been a resident of Princess Anne County and Norfolk for 60 years. He was deeply interested in farming in this section and it was through his efforts the the Experimental Station was located in Princess Anne County. Mr. Babcock was a member of the Ocean View Methodist Church, a life member of the American Pomological Society and for a number of years was medical botanist at the Naval Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. *************************************************************************** BABCOCK, JOHN LYMAN — At the residence of his daughter, Mrs. L. B. Fiske, Little Bay, Ocean View, Monday afternoon, August 24, 1936, at 3:45 o’clock, JOHN LYMAN, in the 81st year of his age. Funeral services will be conducted at the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, August 26, 1936, at 3 o’clock. Friends of the family invited to attend. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot August 26, 1936 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/b/babcock12455nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb