Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Corbitt, Robert L., 1947 

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ROBERT LEE CORBITT

   After an illness of three weeks Robert Lee Corbitt, aged 80 years, a 
prosperous farmer of the Black Creek community, died at his home last Friday 
morning, November 21.

   Mr. Corbitt was the son of the late William Henry and Emily Raiford Corbitt 
of Southampton County, and a member of Black Creek Baptist Church.

   Besides his wife, Mrs. Nancy Rebecca Carr Corbitt, he is survived by three 
daughters, Mrs. E.A. Drewry and Mrs. A.C. Carr of Zuni and Mrs. A.E. Bridger 
of Newport News; six sons, Robert B. Corbitt of Orlando, Fla., Rev. William 
Henry Corbitt of Newport News, Rev. Rufus H. Corbitt of Burgess Story, 
Northumberland County, Charles H. Corbitt of Franklin, J.W. Corbitt of Newport 
News, and G.E. Corbitt of Zuni; and twenty-seven grandchildren and seven great-
grandchildren.

   Funeral services for Mr. Corbitt were conducted at 2:30 o’clock on Sunday 
afternoon at the Black Creek Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. W.B. Watson, 
assisted by Rev. Randolph L. Gregory of Franklin.  Interment was in the family 
cemetery near the Corbitt home, the pallbearers being O.L. Joyner, Jim Joyner, 
Hugh Carr, Miles Carr, Arthur Carr, Jr., and Marvin Corbitt.


Robert Lee CORBITT, farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 21 Nov 1947, at home, Black Creek area, age 80, 
interred in the CORBITT family cemetery*, near Unity, 23 Nov 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 28, 1947, p. 14 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 6 (VI-18): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.txt 


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