Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holcombe, Clifton J., 1959 

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Clifton J. Holcombe, 71, Dies at Home in County 

  FRANKLIN - Clifton James Holcombe, age 71, years died at his home near 
Franklin Friday morning.  He was the husband of Gabbie Lankford Holcombe and 
the son of the late James L. and Malinda Joyner Holcombe of Southampton 
County.  He was a retired farmer and a life-long resident of the Franklin 
community and a member of Nottoway Chapel.  Surviving him besides his wife 
are four daughters, Mrs. Bonnie H. Battle, Mrs. Doris H. Bradshaw, Mrs. Willis 
H. Barnes of Franklin and Mrs. Dawn H. Wright, Smithfield, Va.  Three sons, 
James Braxton Holcombe and Marvin Andrew Holcombe of Franklin, and C.J. 
Holcombe, Jr., of Suffolk.  Nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. 
One brother, Sam V. Holcombe of Baltimore, Maryland; one sister, Mrs. Lizzie 
Edwards of Franklin, and one half-sister, Mrs. Flora Turner Simone of 
Franklin.  Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3:00 p.m. in the 
Chapel at W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Melville Johnson, 
pastor of Nottoway Chapel, and the Rev. Joe E. French, pastor of the 
Hunterdale Christian Church.  Burial will be made in Family Cemetery near 
Courtland. 


Clifton James HOLCOMBE, retired farmer, 
b. 9 Mar 1887, Southampton Co., d. 6 Feb 1959, at home, near Franklin, 
interred in the HOLCOMBE family cemetery*, Story Station Rd., 
   8 Feb 1959, 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 32, Sun., Feb. 8, 1959, p. 16 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (MV-II-20); file at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

Photos of his gravestone & family plot - added by AGraveStory - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #36640789. 

His parents are also buried there. 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 11, 1973, p. A-4 ) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h425g1ob.txt 


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