Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Coggsdale, Robert E., 1974 

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Robert E. Coggsdale 

  FRANKLIN - Robert Ellis Coggsdale, 76, of 833 Clay St., died Saturday 
morning in Southampton Memorial Hospital after a long illness.  A native of 
Southampton County, he was a son of the late Edward Coggsdale and Mrs. Fannie 
Boyette Jones and husband of Mrs. Myrtle Banks Coggsdale. 

  He was retired automobile dealer, vice president of Franklin Lions Club, and 
a member of Franklin Congregational Christian Church. 

  Surviving besides his wife are five sisters, Mrs. Mamie C. Jones, and Vashti 
J. Hawa, both of Franklin, Mrs. Iola C. Teabout, of Norfolk, Mrs. Irene 
Sleeper, of Tarpon Springs, Fla., and Mrs. Katie Korahaes, of Virginia Beach, 
and one brother, James A. Jones of Franklin. 

  A graveside funeral service will be held today at 3 p.m. in Popular Spring 
Cemetery by the Rev. Charles Smith. 

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ROBERT ELLIS COGGSDALE 

  FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Robert E. Coggsdale, 76, was held Sunday, 
Feb 24, in Poplar Spring Cemetery by Rev. Charles Smith, W.J.M. Holland and 
Sons Funeral Home was in charge.

  Pallbearers were J.E. Henry, W. Tall Jones, Carlton Cutchin, A.W. Livesay, 
R.H. Powell III, Charles C. Powell, George H. Parker Jr. and Story Cutchin.

  Coggsdale, of 833 Clay St., husband of Mrs. Myrtle Banks Coggsdale, died 
Saturday in Southampton Memorial Hospital. 

  A native of Southampton County, he was a member of Franklin Congregational 
Church, a retired automobile dealer, and a past president of Franklin Lions 
Club.

  Other survivors include five sisters, Mrs. Mamie Jones and Mrs. Vashti 
Hawa of Franklin, Mrs. Iola Tebout of Norfolk, Mrs. Kate Korahaes of Virginia 
Beach, and Mrs. Irene Sleeper of Tarpon Springs. Fla.; and a brother, James A. 
Jones of Franklin.


Robert Ellis COGGSDALE, of Franklin, retired automobile dealer, 
b. 5 Nov 1897, Southampton Co., d. 23 Feb 1974, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 194*), Franklin, 
   24 Feb 1974, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 52, No. 47, Sun., Feb. 24, 1974, p. 8; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., Feb. 28, 1974, p. 5A 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His mother (2m. JONES) is buried in Annex 2, Plot 93/113.  Robert's foster 
   parents - maternal uncle James R. BOYETTE & wife Annie B. (CARR) BOYETTE - 
   are buried in Annex 2, Plot 243. 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #110773814. 

D.Cert. 74-003558 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 3, 1953), 
   with records of both of her marriages appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j520f3ob.txt 


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