Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Overby, Collis C., 1967 

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COLLIS CUTHBERT OVERBY 

   BRANCHVILLE - A funeral service for Collis Cuthbert Overby was conducted 
Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, by the Rev. Dan Ivey and 
the Rev. John O’Cain.  McDowell Funeral Home was in charge.

   Pallbearers were Gene Edwards, Ellis Cobb, Melvin Mann, W.R. Emmonds, David 
Sykes and L.W. Grizzard.

   Overby, 62, a retired Branchville councilman, died Wednesday in Southampton 
Memorial Hospital after a long illness.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of the late Virginia 
Gertrude Overby and a son of Mrs. Nellie Beale Overby and the late Robert C. 
Overby.

   He was a farm implements dealer and garage owner.  He retired last year 
from the council after serving many years.

   He was a member of Branchville Methodist Church.

   Besides his mother, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Horace Edwards of 
Branchville, seven brothers, Alton Overby and Herman Overby of Branchville, 
Linwood Overby and Clinton Overby of Ahoskie, N.C., Rudolph Overby of Boykins, 
Russell Overby of Courtland and Larry Overby of Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. 
Sterling House Jr. of Capron and Mrs. Clay Beasley of Branchville; and two 
grandchildren.


Collis Cuthbert OVERBY, farm implements dealer & garage owner, 
retired Branchville councilman, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 20 Dec 1967, Franklin, age 62, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 3, Section J, Plot 18*), 
   Boykins, 22 Dec 1967, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 28, 1967, p. 8 

*His parents are buried in Annex 3, Sect. J, Lot 31. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 


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