Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Niblett, Robert A., 1951 

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ROBERT ALLEN NIBLETT 

   Robert Allen Niblett, a merchant in Ivor for 34 years, died in the Patrick 
Henry Hospital on Thursday, November 22. 

   A deacon in the Ivor Baptist Church, Mr. Niblett was a son of the B.F. and 
Setta* Niblett.  Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Hutie Niblett; six brothers, 
L.F. Niblett of Courtland, Edward Niblett of Windsor, and A.P., B.F. G.C. and 
J.C. Niblett of Ivor; one sister, Mrs. I.T. Hancock of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.; 
and several nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted at the Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, 
at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon by Rev. Scott Hutton, Jr., and L.M. Kanipe.  A 
quartette composed of Mrs. S.T. Doles, Jr., Miss Margaret Elizabeth 
Stephenson, Ernest Pittman and C.M. Ramsey sang "Sweet Bye And Bye" and "What 
A Friend."

   Interment was in the family cemetery near Ivor.  Active pallbearers were 
A.P., B.F., Edward, G.C. and L.F. Niblett, J.L. Parson, Douglas Pulley and 
L.T. Saunders.  Honorary pallbearers were members of the Baraca class of the 
Ivor Baptist Church.


Robert Allen NIBLETT, Ivor merchant, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 22 Nov 1951, Newport News, age circa 69, 
interred in Millfield Baptist Church Cemetery**, 25 Nov 1951, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 30, 1951, p. 5 

**His father, B.F. NEBLETT, is also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-21): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

*His mother's name appears variously Fayetta, Frietta, Feetter &c.  Her father 
   Albert Nicholson RAIFORD is also buried at Millfield (MV-I-22). 


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

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