Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cabell, Benjamin W., 1974 

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BENJAMIN WILLIAM SHERMAN (DOC) CABELL 

  BOYKINS - A funeral service for Benjamin W. (Doc) Cabell, 61, of Boykins, 
was held Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Boykins Baptist Church by the Rev. Ben B. Ussery.

  Burial was in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins, 
had charge of arrangements.

  A native of Newsoms, he was the husband of Mrs. Ellen Hopkins Cabell.  A 
retired police officer and justice of the peace of Southampton County, he was 
a disabled Navy veteran.

  He was a member of Boykins Baptist Church, National Police Association and 
Knights of Pythias.

  Besides his widow, survivors include a son, the Rev. Stanley P. Cabell of 
Fayettesville, N.C.

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BENJAMIN WILLIAM SHERMAN (DOC) CABELL 

  BOYKINS - A funeral service for Benjamin William (Doc) Cabell, 61, who died 
Saturday at the Veterans Administration Hospital at Richmond, was conducted 
Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Boykins Baptist Church with the Rev. Ben. B. Ussery, 
a former pastor, officiating.

  Burial was in the Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms.

  Pallbearers were J.B. Barksdale, Jr., J.C. Bunn, Jr., E. Beale Carter Jr., 
R.T. Lassiter Jr., Jerry Rice and Ricky Boyette.

  A native of Newsoms, Cabell was the husband of Mrs. Ellen H. Cabell and a 
son of the late Powhatan Algernon and Mrs. Daisy Pope Caell.

  He was a former police officer of the town of Branchville and Boykins and 
was a justice of the peace.

  Cabell was a disabled veteran of the U.S. Navy.  He also was a member of the 
Boykins Baptist Church, the National Police Association, Knights of Pythias 
and the Meherrin Coin Club.

  In addition to his wife, Mrs. Ellen H. Cabell of Fayetteville, N.C.; one 
grandson, Jeffery Douglas Cabell, also of Fayetteville, N.C.; three brothers, 
George C. Cabell of Chesapeake, Newitt E. Cabell of Winterhaven, Fla., and R. 
Baird Cabell of Franklin; one sister, Mrs. Mary C. Bridges of Franklin; and a 
stepmother, Mrs. Gertrude M. Cabell, also of Franklin.

  McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins, was in charge of arrangements.


Benjamin William Sherman "Doc" CABELL, disabled Navy veteran, 
retired police officer & justice of the peace, 
Newsoms native, d. 26 Jan 1974, Richmond, age 61, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 29 Jan 1974, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 31, 1974, p. 8B; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 4, 1974, p. 2B 

*His mother & her parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-14&51): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 8, 1918, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c140m1ob.txt 

His father & step-mother are buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list (PS-ANX3B-17): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 25, 1966, p. 13) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c140p1ob.txt 


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