Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Forbes, Jachin M., 1946 

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JACHIN MORRISETTE FORBES

   Jachin Forbes, 78, died at his home here early Tuesday morning after an 
illness of several months.  He was the son of the late Tully M. and Mrs. 
Martha Sarah Darden Forbes of Hertford County, N.C., but had made his home 
here for many years.  He was a consistent member of the Franklin Baptist 
Church and one of the oldest members of Franklin Lodge No. 51, Knights of 
Pythias.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Johnson Forbes; four sons, 
Morrisette and David Forbes of V.P.I., Blacksburg, T. Sergt. James H. Forbes 
of Chambersburg, Penn., and George D. Forbes of Suffolk; two daughters, Mrs. 
C.S. Brown of Norfolk and Mrs. John D’Moch of Honolulu; five grandchildren; 
four brothers, James M., of Murfreesboro; Tully M., Jr., of Ahoskie; Fred of 
Holland and Cecil T. of Mapleton, N.C., besides a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were held from the Franklin Baptist Church Wednesday 
afternoon at 2:30 conducted by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson, burial following in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery.  The pallbearers were: John C. Rose, Sr., L.B. 
Norfleet, W.H. Rash, Carlton Cutchin, Edgar B. Jackson, Rupert Tarte, J. 
Letcher Eley and G. Carl Steinhardt.


Jachin Morrisette FORBES, 
Hertford Co., NC native, d. 27 Nov 1946, at home, Franklin, age 78, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 207*), Franklin, 
   16 Nov 1946, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 29, 1946, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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