Southampton-Appomattox County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Abbitt, John D., 1922 

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JOHN DAVID ABBITT 

JNO. D. ABBITT DEAD; BURIAL SATURDAY

   A telephone message reaching Franklin last night advised friends here of 
the sudden death in Norfolk of John D. Abbitt of that city, in his 57th year, 
a former resident of this town, president of the Merchants and Farmers Bank 
here for several years, and one of the best known men in the county.  Mr. 
Abbitt moved to Norfolk about five years ago to become the head of a large 
banking institution in that city, retiring two years ago on account of ill 
health.  He was a man of attractive personality and numbered a wide circle of 
friends in the town and county.

   Mr. Abbitt is survived by his wife, who was Miss Annie B. Pretlow of 
Franklin, and by four children, Misses Edith and Elizabeth Abbitt, John D. 
Abbitt, Jr., and William Henry Abbitt.  He was a member of the First Baptist 
Church of Norfolk.

   Mr. Abbitt is also survived by three brothers and two sisters; Rev. Chapman 
Abbitt of Hopkinsville, Ky.; Dr. Jas. B. Abbitt and Mrs. Eleanor Coleman of 
Norfolk; E.R. Abbitt and Mrs. Butler Pretlow of Appomattox, Va.  He was the 
son of the late Dr. and Mrs. W.H. Abbitt of Appomattox, Va.

   The body will be brought to Franklin Saturday morning on the 10:21 Seaboard 
train and interment will follow immediately at the family plot in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery, with services at the graveside.


John David ABBITT (Sr.), of Norfolk, formerly of Franklin, retired banker, 
Appomattox Co. native, d. 23 Mar 1922, Norfolk, age 57, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 90B*), Franklin, 
   25 Mar 1922, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 24, 1922, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Additional information: 

His first marriage - 

John David Abbitt, 37, s, Appomattox Co., Va., So.Co., 
   s/o Dr. William Henry and Sarah Frances Plunkett Abbitt 
m. 01-22-1903 Norfolk Va. by Rev. Joseph B. Dunn 
Elizabeth L. Deyer, 21, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   no parents listed [John J. and Josephine J. Deyer] 
(Southampton Co. MB11:201; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb11pt.txt) 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," June 20, 1968, p. 7), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/a130a1ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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