Southampton-Greensville County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Babb, M. Gertrude Morris, 1956 

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MARTHA GERTRUDE MORRIS BABB

   Mrs. Martha Gertrude Morris Babb, 70, well-known resident of the Sebrell 
community, died at her home Monday night February 20, after a lingering 
illness of several months.

   She was the wife of Mack Babb of Sebrell and the daughter of late Louis 
and Selecia Taylor Morris, of Greensville County, and a member of the Sebrell 
Methodist Church.

   In addition to her husband she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. 
Virginia Morris of Waverly and Mrs. Eunice Vaughan and Mrs. Virgie B. Jenkins 
of Petersburg; two sons, Robert Lee Babb, of Jarratt and Louis F. Babb of 
Sebrell; 27 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Annie 
Wells of Richmond and Mrs. Georgie Babb of Petersburg; one brother, Lefferidge 
Morris of Petersburg and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services will be held from the W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Chapel 
of Thursday at 2 p.m. with Rev. C.A. McCormick, pastor of the Courtland 
Methodist Church, officiating.  Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, 
Courtland.

   Active pallbearers will be Mrs. Babb's grandsons, M.F. Babb, J.M. Morris, 
J.E. Morris, C.W. Jenkins, D.G. Vaughan and D.B. Faison.


Martha Gertrude (MORRIS; Mrs. "Mack") BABB, 
Greensville Co. native, d. 20 Feb 1956, at home, Sebrell, age 70, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 1*), Courtland, 
   23 Feb 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 23, 1956, Sect. I, p. 4 

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


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