Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Babb, Ruth O., 1938 

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RUTH OWEN BABB 

RABBIT FEVER TAKES LIFE OF SUFFOLK NURSE 

  Suffolk, Dec. 13.- Miss Ruth Owen Babb, on the staff of the Lakeview 
Hospital and prominent graduate nurse of this community died this morning 
at the hospital after an illness of about three weeks of tularefia [sic; 
tularemia] or "rabbit fever." 

  Miss Babb with friends, assisted in cleaning a rabbit several weeks ago, 
to to them by friends who had been hunting.  Soon three persons were ill with 
tularmia [sic], Miss Babb, and both hunters, James Darden and Robert Gwynn. 

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[photo caption] 

  Miss Ruth Owen Babb, prominent graduate nurse, member of Virginia Graduate 
Nurses' Association, who died yesterday morning at Lakeview Hospital of 
tularemia.  (Photo by Foster.) 

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  Besides her father, Miss Babb is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Gray 
Herring, of Goldsboro, N.C.; Mrs. James Baburek, of Suffolk, and Mrs. Joseph 
Pittman, of Waverly; three brothers, Ryland Ashby and Marvin W. Babb, of 
Washington, and Henry D. Babb, Jr., of Ahoskie; two half brothers, David and 
Lewis Babb, of Courtland, and several nieces and nephews. 

  The body was taken to the funeral home of I.O. Hill & Co., where it will 
remain until Wednesday at 10 a.m. when it will be taken to the home of Miss 
Babb's father in Courtland.  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 
3 p.m. at the Courtland Baptist Church by Dr. H.J. Goodwin, pastor of the 
First Baptist Church, of Suffolk; Dr. John G. Truitt, of the Suffolk Christian 
Church, and the pastor of Courtland Baptist Church.  Burial will be in 
Courtland Cemetery. 

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        Miss Ruth O. Babb 

  Suffolk, Dec. 16.-(AP)- Funeral services for Miss Ruth Owen Babb, prominent 
and popular graduate nurse, who died of tularemia at Lakeview Hospital, were 
conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Courtland Baptist Church 
by Dr. H.J. Goodwin, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Suffolk, the Rev. 
Floyd P. Davis and the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson.  Burial was in Courtland Cemetery. 

  A quartet from the First Baptist Church of Suffolk sang, "Sweeter as the 
Days Go By, "Crossing the Bar" and "Have Thine Own Way, Lord."  There were 
scores of handsome floral tributes, many from organizations in which Miss Babb 
held membership.  A pall of red roses and fern covered the casket. 

  Active pallbearers were H.C. Andrews, C.D. Andrews, A.B. Cobb, Wilmer Cobb, 
M.C. Stribling, Frank Womack, Byron Cutchins.  Honorary pallbearers included 
the doctors of Lakeview Hospital and nurses of the Lakeview Hospital alumni. 


Ruth Owen BABB, Lakeview Hospital nurse, 
b. 4 Jun 1901, Sebrell, d. 13 Dec 1938, Suffolk, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 54A*), Courtland, 15 Dec 1938, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Thurs., Dec. 15, 1938, p. 1, col. 6; 
donated obits & photos, publications unknown 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #204362677, by Martha Fontaine Byrum, 
   citing the Maggie Eley Duke & Audrey Eloise Duke Butler Collection 

*Her parents, Henry D. Sr. & Alberta (STORY) BABB, and step-mother are also 
   buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 27429 (Suffolk #322). 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 28, 1944, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b100h3ob.txt 


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