Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Babb, Mary L., 1952 

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MARY LOUISE BABB

   Miss Mary Louise Babb, 73, of Sedley, a pioneer welfare worker in this 
county, died in Raiford Memorial Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, January 29, 
after an illness of many weeks.

   Miss Babb was the daughter of the late Enoch L. and Judith Babb of 
Southampton. She was educated at Corinth Academy, West Town Boarding School of 
Philadelphia, the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina.

   She was a member of the Black Creek meeting of the Society of Friends, 
serving as treasurer of the meeting as long as her health permitted. She was a 
member also of the Sedley Woman’s Club and the Woman’s Christian Temperance 
Union.

   Surviving are two brothers, John E. Babb of Sedley and Eugene J. Babb of 
Franklin; and two sisters, Mrs. John A. Bailey of Sedley and Mrs. Martha Babb 
Supplee of Philadelphia, Pa.

   Last rites were conducted at the grave in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley, on 
Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock by James A. Coney. The active pallbearers were 
John A. Bailey, Jr., Edwin Babb, Jay Babb, L.H. Babb, John C. Bradshaw, Hurley 
Joyner, Burton McLemore, Walter Neave, William Neave and N.W. Wills.


[Mary Louise BABB, d. 29 Jan 1952, Franklin, age 73, 
 interred in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley, 31 Jan 1952, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 1, 1952] 

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