Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lbey, John Lee December 27, 1937
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New Journal and Guide, January 1, 1938

John Obey, 20-year-old mess attendant, and former Booker T. Washington High 
School athlete died at the Naval Hospital shortly after five o'clock Monday 
afternoon.

Funeral services would likely be held at the Holy Temple Church in the 700 block 
of Chapel Street, where the youthful victim held membership and where he was 
formerly assistant superintendent and then superintendent of the Sunday school, 
and that a Naval Guard of honor would be supplied from the Naval Training 
station at the rites.

Obey was elected captain of the Booker T. Washington High School football squad 
in the fall of 1935 but never served in this capacity Extremely popular and well 
liked generally, he was also a member of the track team, being a member of the 
relay team which represented the local school at the Pennsylvania Relay Carnival 
in April, 1935.

Van Buren Luke, Booker T. Coach, praised him as a splendid athlete and student 
Tuesday morning. He was always cooperative and had the interest of the team 
always at heart, Mr. Luke said. Obey did not graduate with the class of 1936 but 
was a member of the 3-A class when he left school.

Mr. Obey is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Obey; four brothers, 
Messrs. George, William, Andrew and Nathaniel Obey, all of Norfolk; a baby 
sister, Ruth Elizabeth, 11 months old; a grandmother, two uncles, an aunt, and 
numerous other relatives and friends.

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