Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bain, Robert F., 1947 

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ROBERT FRANKLIN BAIN 

ROBERT F. BAIN, WAKEFIELD MAYOR, DIES, AGE 54 

  WAKEFIELD - June 30 - Robert Franklin Bain, 54, mayor of Wakefield, member 
of Governor Byrd’s staff and retired businessman, died Monday evening at his 
home following a heart attack.

  A former president of the American Peanut Corporation, he was president of 
the Bank of Sussex and Surry Counties.  Mr. Bain was mayor since 1916.  In 
World War I he was an infantry officer and served overseas 18 months.  He was 
born Oct. 4, 1892 at Wakefield.

  He belonged to Wakefield Methodist Church, American Legion, Wakefield Lodge 
No. 198, AF&AM; Dalcho consistory No. 1, Ancient Free and Accepted Scottish 
Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A; Khedive Temple, AAONMS,  
of Norfolk; Suffolk Shrine Club and the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce.

  Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Marion Thomason Bain, and two sons, Robert F. 
Jr. and Jack Philip Bain of Wakefield.  A funeral service will be held at 3 
p.m. Wednesday at the church, conducted by the Rev. S.L. Dumville, pastor. 
Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery.


Robert Franklin BAIN, Mayor of Wakefield, Army veteran of WW-I, 
b. 4 Oct 1892, Wakefield, d. 30 Jun 1947, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 2 Jul 1947, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," July 1, 1947, p. 15 

*His father, Philip Davis BAIN, is also buried there. 
   Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Find a Grave Mem. #127686049 

His mother, Mary Louise (VICK) BAIN, is buried in Blandford Cemetery, 
   Petersburg. 

His widow's obit ("Daily Press" May 24, 1971, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b500m5ob.txt 


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