Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Babb, R. Berkley, 1941 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ROBERT BERKLEY BABB Robert Berkley Babb, aged 42*, died at a local hospital yesterday morning at 2:55 o'clock after a long illness. He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Mary T. Denson and Mrs. Rosa J. Morris, both of Norfolk, and Mrs. G.W. Brittingham of Courtland, and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Babb was a native of Southampton County and had been a resident of Norfolk for 25 years. The body will be taken from Hollomon-Brown funeral Home to Courtland Baptist Church for funeral services tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in the family cemetery.* Robert Berkley BABB, of Norfolk, restaurant helper, Southampton Co. native, d. 16 Dec 1941, Princess Anne Co., age 43*, interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Sect., Plot 25*), 18 Dec 1941, "The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Dec. 17, 1941 *Additional information: Unmarked; added to the plot of his father, Robert T. BABB. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Riverside list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt His mother Annie L. (EDWARDS) BABB 2m. B.F. JOHNSON & 3m. S.J. MELSON. Apparently unmarked, she has also been added to the listing for the plot, although her obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Dec. 4, 1929) also gives the same last line. The obit is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m425a1ob.txt D.Cert. 29897 (Kempsville #307) gives single, age "about 42" The 1900 Census gives b. Apr 1898. (Jerusalem Dist. {#62}, Southampton Co.) The 1910 Census gives age 11. (Jerusalem Dist. {#121}, Southampton Co.) Berkley Babb, age 26, m. Martha Harris, 14 Jul 1927 in Suffolk. (Ancestry.com "Virginia Marriages") Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Joan Brinkley, & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b100b7ob.txt