Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carr, Bertie E. Corbitt, 1971 

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BERTIE CORBITT CARR

   A funeral service for Mrs. Bertie Corbitt Carr, 70, of Franklin was held 
Sunday at 3 p.m. in Black Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. Sidney Cowles and 
the Rev. Edwin Thornton Jr.

   Burial was in the church cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Edwin Joyner, Edward Hatfield III, John A. Munford, Grant 
Brock, Charies Bulls, Cecil Edwards, Wilbur Drewry and Johnnie Saunders.

   She was a native of Southampton County, the widow of Arthur Clifton Carr, 
and a daughter of Robert Lee and Mrs. Nancy Rebecca Corbitt.

   She was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church and its W.M.S.

   She is survived by three sons, Arthur C. Carr Jr. of Franklin, Hugh E. Carr 
and Miles Lee Carr of Zuni; two sisters, Mrs. Edgar A. Drewry of Zuni and Mrs. 
A.E. Bridger of Norfolk; and three brothers, Rev. Rufus Corbitt of Belcrosse, 
N.C., Charles Corbitt of Franklin and James Corbitt of Newport News; eight 
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.


Bertie Estelle (CORBITT; Mrs. Arthur C. {Sr.}) CARR, of Franklin, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 23 Apr 1971, age 70, 
interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery*, 25 Apr 1971, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 29, 1971, Sect. II, p. 2 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Black Creek list (BC-9): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

Her husband died only a week prior.  His obit ("Tidewater News," 
   Apr. 22, 1971, p. 7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c600a5ob.txt 

Her parents and paternal grandparents are bd. in a CORBITT family cem., near 
   Unity.  Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 6 (VI-18): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 28, 1947, p. 14) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c613r2ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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