Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Babb, Benjamin F., 1941 

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DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BABB 

DR. B.F. BABB, IVOR PHYSICIAN, PASSES 

   Dr. B.F. Babb, 77, retired physician of Ivor, passed away at Lakeview 
Hospital, Suffolk, Monday night after an illness of one week. 

   He was the son of John and Martha Edwards Babb of Isle of Wight County and 
at their death came as a boy to Southampton County to make his home with his 
cousin, Sallie Harris.

   Dr. Babb graduated in medicine at the University of Maryland in 1892, 
having received his preliminary education at Westtown School in Pennsylvania, 
and practiced medicine for 40 years.

   He was first married to Miss Lula Mae Raiford and to them was born one 
son, Herbert Babb, who survives.

   Later he married Miss Bertha White of North Carolina, then a teacher at 
Corinth.  The following children by this marriage survive: Mrs. L.G. Conner 
of Rich Square, N.C., Mrs. Lewis R. White of Courtland, Mrs. Gordon Smith of 
Washington, Charlie Babb of Newport News, Frank and Shelton Babb of Ivor; 
three grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews, among them Dr. E.M. 
Babb of Ivor.

   Soon after coming to Ivor in 1907 to make his home, Dr. Babb joined the 
Methodist Church and remained one of its most faithful and consistent members. 
He taught the Men’s Bible Class for many years and then taught the Ladies 
Bible Class until the Sunday before his passing.  He was a strong temperance 
advocate.

   Funeral service was conducted at the home Wednesday afternoon by his 
pastor, Rev. W.G. Bates, assisted by the Rev. Edgar Wood of Petersburg and 
interment was in Ivor Cemetery.

   The Methodist Church choir sang "After" and the Rev. and Mrs. P.F. Newton 
sang, "Lead Kindly Light" at the home.  At the grave the choir sang "How Firm 
a Foundation."  Pallbearers were: P.F. Newton of Rich Square, N.C., Dr. E.M. 
Babb, L.H. Babb, John E. Babb, Ben Babb, Charles Neave, J.C. Bradshaw, Edward 
Raiford and Wallace White.


Dr. Benjamin Franklin BABB, retired Ivor physician, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 31 Mar 1941, Suffolk, age 77, 
interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 2 Apr 1941, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 4, 1941, p. 10 

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

He is also marked with his first wife in Corinth Friends Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-1): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

No Death Certificate has been found. (Dec 2016) 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 15, 1953) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b100b4ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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