Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bain, Robert G., 1953 

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ROBERT GUY BAIN 

Suffolk, Virginia, January 20 - Age 75, a peanut company executive.  Funeral 
services were conducted Tuesday, January 20, 1953 at 11:00 am at the Baker 
Funeral Home by Dr. Sparks W. Melson.  Burial was in the family cemetery at 
the Walter Bain place near Ivor.  He for many years, was secretary of the 
American Peanut Corporation and at the time of his death, was vice president 
of the Dixie Guano Company and a member of the board of directors of the 
Norfolk Savings and Loan Association.  Several years ago, he was partly 
incapacitated by illness.

Unable to walk, he went to this office in the American Bank Building in a 
wheelchair.  Despite his handicap, he was able to transact his business 
affairs practically unhampered.  In his wheelchair and accompanied by an 
attendant, he became a familiar figure in downtown Suffolk and a popular 
one, too.  He always had a cheery word of greeting for his friends and even 
casual acquaintances and always he was feeling "just fine".  The American 
Peanut Corporation, a shelling concern with far flung interests, was 
liquidated several years ago and business matters incident to this action 
occupied much of his time during his last years.  After about a year and a 
half, his illness became worse and he was forced to go to Obici Memorial 
Hospital, where he died Sunday afternoon, January 18, 1953.  Pallbearers: 
Harvard Birdsong, Joshua Pretlow, D.H. Pulley, Harry Fentress, L.A. Brantley, 
John M. Bright, Pym Wilson, and Frank E. Butler, Jr.


Robert Guy BAIN, businessman - vice president of the Dixie Guano Co., 
Southampton Co. native, d. 18 Jan 1953, Suffolk, age 75, 
interred in the BAIN family cemetery*, Ivor Rd., 20 Jan 1953, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Wed., Jan. 21, 1953 

*His parents & paternal grandparents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-29): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

His grandfather's obits ("Smithfield Times," Dec. 30, 1937, & 
   "Tidewater News," Jan. 7, 1938) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b500j3ob.txt 

His grandmother's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 8, 1922, p. 6), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b500m1ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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