Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cole, Robert Wallace, 1953 

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ROBERT WALLACE COLE

   Robert Wallace Cole, 50, a life-long resident and farmer of the Courtland 
community, died in his sleep on Saturday morning, November 14, at his home 
near Courtland.  He had been in failing health for several years. 

   The deceased was the husband of Mrs. Hildred Whitehead Cole of Courtland, 
and son of the late William Judkin and Irene Crichton Cole of Southampton 
county.  He was a member of Vincent Grove Methodist Church and of Courtland 
Lodge No. 85, A.F. & A.M. 

   Besides his wife he is survived by two sons, Robert Wallace Cole, Jr. and 
William Walter Cole, both of Courtland; a sister Mrs. John Lee Joyner of 
Courtland; a nephew, Jasper Lee Joyner of Jarratt; a niece, Mrs. T.C. Sykes 
of Norfolk; and his stepmother, Mrs. Margaret Everett Cole of Emporia. 

   Funeral services for Mr. Cole were conducted in the chapel of W.J.M. 
Holland & Sons Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. J.T.Cassell, of Capron, 
pastor of the deceased, and Rev. C.A. McCormick, pastor of the Courtland 
Methodist Church. 

   Interment was in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.  Active pallbearers were 
Claude Applewhite, Lloyd Allen Applewhite, Carroll Barnes, Eley Cole, David 
Crichton, William Harwell, Roland Vaughan and Emmett Whitehead. 

Robert Wallace COLE, farmer, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., 
d. 14 Nov 1953, at home, near Courtland, age 50, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section II, Plot 39*), Courtland, 15 Nov 1953, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 19, 1953 

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

His parents and paternal grandparents are buried on the COLE farm 
   "Indian Woods," near Worrell's Fork. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 7 (VII-26): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt 

His father's (donated, 1944) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c400w1ob.txt 


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