Southampton-Orange County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries..... Bond, Edward C., 2000 

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EDWARD COSBY BOND 

  Edward Cosby Bond, 90, died April 19, 2000. 

  Born Feb. 15, 1910, in Orange, Va., he was a son of the late Sheriff William 
C. and Lilly Corbett Bond.  He was the retired owner of Courtland Dry 
Cleaners; member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; past grand master of 
the IOOF of Virginia; charter member and oldest member of the Courtland Fire 
Department; past member of the Courtland Ruritan Club; past scout master of 
Courtland Troop 211; member of Courtland Lodge No. 85 AF & AM and a past 
master.  He had served on the Courtland Town Council and as Mayor of Courtland 
for two terms.  He was a member of Courtland United Methodist Church. 

  Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Hattie Simmons Bond; two sons, 
Edward O. Bond and his wife, Lynda, and Carl A. Bond and his wife, Cynthia; 
four granddaughters, Karen Bond, Elizabeth Bond Graff, Amy Herold and Suzan 
Bond; and five great-grandsons. 

  He never met a stranger and will be missed by all who knew him. 

  A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Wright Funeral 
Home, Franklin, with the Rev. Robert J. Parks officiating.  Burial with 
Masonic Rights will be in Riverside Cemetery.  The family will receive friends 
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home and suggests that memorial 
donations be made to the Courtland Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 449, 
Courtland , VA or Courtland United Methodist Church, 22416 Main St., 
Courtland, VA 23837. 


Edward Cosby BOND, dry cleaner, former Courtland Mayor & councilman, 
b. 15 Feb 1910, Orange, d. 19 Apr 2000, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Sect. II, Plot 26*), Courtland, 21 Apr 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Apr. 20, 2000, p. B9 

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

His parents are buried in Graham Cemetery, Orange. 

His father & a deputy were murdered while attempting to raid a still, 
   22 Oct 1921.  Articles ("Alexandria Gazette") on the incident are 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #195316812.


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