Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Forbes, Elisha O., 1962 

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ELISHA OWEN FORBES

   Elisha Owen Forbes, 63, retired Virginia State Police lieutenant, died 
Saturday afternoon in his home.

   A native of Franklin, he was a son of Frederick Owen Forbes of Lakeland, 
Fla., and the late Mrs. Theodosia Darden Forbes of Franklin,  He was a member 
of Franklin Baptist Church, the Men’s Bruner Class, the Knights of Pythias and 
the American Legion, and was a veteran of World War I.

   He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lillian Bunn Forbes; four brothers, 
Edward Paul Forbes and Andrew Lee Forbes of Norfolk, Frederick Benjamin Forbes 
of Stoney Creek and MacDonald Forbes of New York City; a sister, Mrs. S.W. 
Lee of Holland; and an aunt, Mrs. Eva Hines of Norfolk.

   A funeral service was conducted Monday at 3 p.m. in the chapel of W.J.M. 
Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins of Franklin 
Baptist Church.  Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Elisha Owen FORBES, retired Virginia State Police lieutenant, WW-I veteran, 
Franklin native, d. 10 Feb 1962, at home, age 63, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 36*), Franklin, 
   12 Feb 1962, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 15, 1962, p. 3 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 


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