Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cole, Robert W. Jr., 1964 

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ROBERT WALLACE COLE

COURTLAND YOUTH, 19, DROWNS IN RIVER

Robert Wallace Cole, 19, of Courtland drowned Sunday while swimming in the 
Nottoway river in Southampton county. 

He was the son of Mrs. Mildred* Whitehead Cole and the late Robert Wallace 
Cole, and was a member of Vincent Methodist Church.

Surviving besides his mother is a brother, William Walter Cole.

A funeral servicw will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at W.J.M. Holland & Sons 
Funeral Home, with burial in Riverside Cemetery.

*should read "Hildred" 

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ROBERT WALLACE COLE, JR.

COURTLAND YOUTH IS COUNTY’S FIRST TO DROWN THIS YEAR

   A 19 year-old Courtland boy drowned in Nottoway River about 6:10 p.m. 
Sunday while swimming with another boy.

   Robert Wallace Cole, Jr. went down in deep water, according to Sheriff 
Ryland Brooks.

   His body was recovered about 30 minutes later with a dragline operated by 
S.V. Camp Jr., game warden, and F. Bert Pulley, Courtland attorney, who were 
getting into their boat about the time of the drowning.

   The body was found about 100 yards offshore in 15 feet of water.

   Young Cole, just home from his first year at Elon College, lives two miles 
west of Courtland.

   He was swimming with Larry Kitchen, about the same age, who lives east of 
Courtland.

   Kitchen was in front and he said he looked back and didn’t see Cole.

   Dr. W.F. Daughtrey, acting medical examiner, checked the body.

   The drowning occurred behind the Baptist Church here, near the mouth of a 
creek.

   It was the first drowning in Southampton County this year.

   A graduate of Southampton High School, he was the son of Mrs. Hildred 
Whitehead Cole and the late Robert Wallace Cole, Sr.

   He was a member of Vincent Grove Methodist Church.

   Funeral was held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in W.J.M. Holland Funeral Chapel, 
with burial at Riverside Cemetery in Courtland.

   The Rev. Byron Hallstead and the Rev. J.S. Peebles officiated.

   Pallbearers were Jimmy Joyner, Clay Parker, Paul Simmons, George Kitchen, 
Jr., Mike Reid, Jeb Britton, Jesse Weaver and Wallace Sawyer.

   Survivors besides his mother include a brother, William Wallace Cole of 
Courtland, and an aunt, Mrs. John Lee Joyner of Courtland.


Robert Wallace COLE, Jr., of Courtland, Elon College student, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 24 May 1964, Nottoway R., Courtland, age 19, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section II, Plot 39*), Courtland, 26 May 1964, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Tues., May 26, 1964, p. 7; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 28, 1964, Sect. I, p. 1 

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

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 19, 1953) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c400r1ob.txt 


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