Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bobbitt, William P., 1947 

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WILLIAM PAUL BOBBITT

   William Paul Bobbitt, 78, well-known resident and former employee of the 
Camp Manufacturing Company of Franklin, died at the home of his daughter, 
Pearl Bobbitt Byrd, Thursday morning after an illness of many months.

   Bobbitt, a resident of Franklin for many years, was born in Sussex County 
and moved to Franklin in early childhood.  He was employed by the Camp 
Manufacturing Company as foreman of a sawmill and was retired a few years ago. 
He was the son of the late Thomas Francis and Margaret Whitehead Bobbitt of 
Sussex County and husband of the late Avie Joyner Bobbitt of Franklin.  He was 
a member of the Congregational Christian Church of Franklin.

   Surviving him are four daughters, Mrs. Dora Duffy and Mrs. Pearl Bobbitt 
Byrd of Franklin; Mrs. Hattie Russell and Mrs. Maud Cobb, of Richmond; 13 
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and three sisters, Mrs. E.G. Harmon of 
Norfolk; Mrs. Annie Rowland of Richmond and Mrs. S.B. Harrison of Hickory.

   The body was taken to the Holland Funeral Home, where funeral services were 
held Friday at 3:30 p.m. the Rev. Robert M. Kimball officiating.  Interment 
followed at the Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were: W.O. Modlin, George Steinbach, Fred Parker, Sam 
Powell, J. Letcher Eley, Richard Rawls, Matthew Turner and Linwood Norfleet.


William Paul* BOBBITT, of Franklin, former Camp Manufacturing employee, 
b. Sussex Co., d. 13 Mar 1947, at daughter's home, Raleigh, NC, age 78, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 18B*), Franklin, 
   14 Mar 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 14, 1947, p. 7 

*Cemetery list gives middle name as Peter, not Paul. 
 Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 9, 1921, p. 5), with their marriage 
   record appended, is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b130a1ob.txt 


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