Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Babb, J. Claiborne, 1972 

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JAMES CLAIBORNE BABB 

James Claiborne Babb, of Courtland, Va., age 44, of Linden Street died 
Thursday afternoon, in a Norfolk hospital, after a sudden illness.  A 
native of Courtland, he was the son of Emmett F. and Mrs. Irma Barnes 
Babb, and the husband of Mrs. Mary Nell Johnson Babb.  He was a member 
of the Courtland United Methodist Church, and an Army Veteran of World 
War II.  He was a member of the Courtland Town Council, a member of the 
Courtland Ruritan Club, and the Courtland Rescue Squad.  He operated the 
J.C. Babb Logging Operation in Courtland.  Besides his wife, he is 
survived by two daughters, Miss Vicki Carol Babb, and Miss Cindy Kay Babb, 
of Courtland; four sisters, Mrs. Mildred Strictland of Hampton, Mrs. Susie 
Bartholomew of Newport News, Mrs. Irma Rawlings, of Courtland, and Mrs. 
Mary Catharine Grieg of Richmond; three brothers, Ben E. Babb and Harwood 
F. Babb of Courtland, and William Babb of Suffolk.  A funeral service will 
be held Sunday at 2 P.M. in the W.J.M Holland and Sons Funeral Home, in 
Franklin by the Reverend C.B. King.  Burial will be in the Riverside 
Cemetery, in Courtland.

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JAMES CLAIBORNE BABB 

   NORFOLK - Courtland town councilman J. Claiborne Babb died Thursday 
afternoon while traveling on Berkley Bridge in Norfolk.

   Babb, 44, may have suffered a heart attack, according to Virginia State 
Police investigators.

   According to police, a witness saw Babb slump over the wheel as he drove 
south across the bridge.

   Briggs official P.A. Burnett told reporters the Babb vehicle jumped the 
sidewalk and hit a handrail. 

   "Then the vehicle suddenly started going in reverse," Burnett said. "It ran 
backward up the bridge and went across four lanes of traffic and stopped after 
hitting a north bound Volkswagen bus causing $170 in damages."  John E. Brown, 
the VW bus driver, was not injured.  Babb was driving alone in a 1971 Mercury.


James Claiborne BABB, Courtland town councilman, logger, 
Army veteran of WW-II, 
Courtland native, d. 30 Nov 1972, Norfolk, age 44, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 67A*), Courtland, 3 Dec 1972, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Sat., Dec. 2, 1972, p. 20; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 4, 1972, Sect. A, p. 1 

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

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 3, 1950, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b100e3ob.txt 


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