Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Babb, Edwin L., 1956 

************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm
************************************************

EDWIN LLOYD BABB

   Edwin Lloyd Babb, 51, eldest son of John E. Babb of Sedley and the late 
Lelia Raiford Babb, died in an Alexandria hospital on Friday, November 16, 
after an illness of several months. A veteran of World War II, he was born near 
Ivor on November 11, 1905. For several years he had been an employee of the 
Federal General Service Administration in Washington, D.C. 

   Besides his father, the deceased is survived by two sisters, Misses Agnes L. 
and Anna M. Babb of Sedley; and one brother, Caswell Jay Babb, also of Sedley. 

   A funeral services for Mr. Babb was conducted on Saturday afternoon at 2 
o'clock at the Wheatley Funeral Home, Alexandria, by Rev. Cliff R. Johnson, 
pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church. 

   The remains were brought to the funeral home of W.J.M. Holland & Sons, 
Franklin, and on Sunday were taken to Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley, for interment 
at 3:30 p.m.  the service was conducted by Rev. L.B. Allen, Jr, pastor of Black 
Creek Baptist Church. 

   Pallbearers were Claude F. McFarland and Charles Robbins of Alexandria; 
Herman Barnes, Edward Neave, Joseph Raiford and Wilroy Stephenson of Ivor; and 
William S. Urquhart of Petersburg and Cecil Edwards of Sedley. 


[Edwin Lloyd BABB, 11 Nov 1905 - 16 Nov 1956, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 22 Nov 1956] 

[file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.]