Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Babb, Henry D., 1944 

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HENRY DAVID BABB

   Henry D. Babb, known to his friends generally as "Fiddler" Babb, died at 
her home near Courtland January 24, 72 years of age, after an illness of 
about six years.  Mr. Babb was an exemplary citizen, a man of many friends 
and a successful farmer, owning the old Judge Prince place near Courtland, 
one of the best farms in Southampton County.  A son of the late James and Mrs. 
Virginia Kitchen Babb, he leaves his wife Mrs. Mamie Vaughan Babb; five sons, 
Ryland A. Babb of Bluefield, W.Va., Sergeant Marvin W. Babb, now in the South 
Pacific, Henry C. Babb of Ahoskie, N.C., David Vaughan Babb and Louis Spivey 
Babb of Courtland; three daughters, Mrs. V.G. Herring of Goldsboro, N.C., Mrs. 
James Pittman of Waverly and Mrs. James S. Baburek of Suffolk, nine 
grandchildren and two brothers, Emmett F. Babb and Mack Babb of Courtland.

   He was a faithful member of the Courtland Methodist Church and of the 
Wesleyman’s Bible Class of that church, funeral services being conducted from 
his residence Tuesday afternoon by his pastor, the Rev. Percy D. White, being 
assisted by a former pastor, the Rev. J.E. Brooks.  The pall was of white and 
pink carnations.  Active bearers were: L.W. McGrath, Charles R. Scott, F.W. 
Whitehead, H.B. McLemore, Jr., T.B. Bell, Leroy Bryant, Emmett R. Davis and 
Jas. T. Gillette.  Burial was made in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.


Henry David "Fiddler" BABB, farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 24 Jan 1944, at home, near Courtland, age 72, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 54*), Courtland, 25 Jan 1944, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 28, 1944, p. 1 

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

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," May 30, 1968, p. 7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b100m2ob.txt 

Their marriage record - 

Henry David Babb, 54, w, So.Co., Courtland, So.Co., Va., 
   s/o James W. and Virginia A. Kitchen Brooks Babb, farmer 
m. 01-02-1926 Southampton Co., Va. By Rev. Alvin Kenneth Lambdin 
Mary Frances Vaughan, 29, s, So.Co., Courtland, So.Co., Va., 
   d/o Thomas and Lucy Moore Applewhite Vaughan 
(Southampton Co. MB20:308; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

[1925 #]229. m. 01/02/1926, So'ampton, by A.K. Lambdin (ret'd 01/06/1926) 
Henry D. Babb, 54, widowed, b. Southampton Co., res. Courtland, Va., 
   sn/o J.D. & Va. A. Babb, Farmer 
Mary Frances* Vaughan, 29, single, b. Southampton Co., res. Courtland, Va., 
   dt/o Thos. & Lucy A. Vaughan 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb20pt.txt) 

*Both her obit & the cem. list give "Maie," not Mary Frances. 
   His obit gives "Mamie." 

His first marriage - 

Henry David Babb, 22, s, So.Co., 
   s/o James W. and "Jenny" Virginia A. Kitchen Brooks Babb 
m. 01-17-1894 Newsoms Baptist Church, Newsoms, So.Co., Va. by Rev. W.E. Allen 
Berta Story, 25, s, So.Co., d/o Richard and Margaret Story 
(Southampton Co. MB8:127; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb08pt.txt) 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Brad Whitehead, & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b100h3ob.txt