Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Babb, Gertrude G. Ray, 2000 

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GERTRUDE RAY EURE BABB

  Gertrude Ray Eure Babb, 88, a longtime resident of Suffolk, died Feb. 27, 
2000. 

  She was a native of Bertie County, N.C., and was the daughter of the late 
Charles Thomas Ray and Jane Pierce Ray and the widow of Jesse B. Babb.  She 
retired from the Quality Control Department of Birdsong Peanut Co. 

  She is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Virginia E. Kafka of 
Daphne, Ala., and Carol and Bob Clark of Hampton, with whom she made her home 
for many years; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Samuel H. Eure Jr. and Barbara 
Eure of Suffolk and Jesse R. Eure of Newport News; 13 grandchildren; 22 great-
grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. 

  A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Western Branch 
Baptist Church Cemetery by the Rev. James Hughes.  Friends may join the family 
today from 7 to 8 p.m. at Hill Funeral Home. 


Gertrude Gardner (RAY EURE; Mrs. Jesse B.) BABB, of Suffolk, 
retired from Birdsong Peanut, 
b. 11 Apr 1911, Bertie Co., NC, d. 27 Feb 2000, 
interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery*, 1 Mar 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Feb. 29, 2000, p. B7 

*Western Branch list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt 

She 1m. Samuel Hurley EURE 22 Jul 1929 in Suffolk; they separated in 
   1940 and div. in 1954. 

He was buried in a family cemetery, in Eure, Gates Co., NC.  

Her widowed mother was buried in Bertie Co., NC.  

Her widowed mother 2m. widower John L. Sullivan WIGGINS, 
   22 Dec 1929.  She is buried in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Holly Lawn list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

John was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - possibly unmarked. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

Gertrude's mother-in-law, "Maggie" Margaret A.V. (DARDEN; Mrs. Jesse Joseph) 
   BABB, was widowed by Jun 1900.  She was buried in Colosse Baptist Church 
   Cemetery, Collosse, but does not appear on Isle of Wight County Historical 
   Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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