Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nobles, Willie T., 1996 

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WILLIE TROTMAN NOBLES 

  ELBERON - Willie T. Nobles, 76, resident of Elberon, died Saturday, 
Sept. 21, 1996.

  A native of North Carolina, he was the son of the late Joseph L. and 
Ora Lee Martin Nobles.  He retired in 1964 after a 20-year career in 
the U.S. Navy.  As a chief boatswain’s mate, he served in World War II, 
Korea and Lebanon.

  He was a Methodist and a member of the Fleet Reserve Association.  His 
wife was the late Elinor Loretta Cyr Nobles.

  He is survived by a daughter, Loretta L. Parrish of Richmond; a brother, 
Joseph L. Nobles of Houston, Texas; a sister, Eleanor N. Edmonds of Bevard, 
N.C.; nine grandchildren, including William J. Knecht of Elberon; and five 
great-grandchildren.

  A graveside funeral will be held in Wakefield Cemetery Tuesday, Sept. 24, 
at 10 a.m. by the Rev. Randy Duncan.  The family will assemble at Purviance 
Funeral Home, Wakefield, at 9 a.m. Tuesday for the precession to the cemetery.

  Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association.


Willie Trotman NOBLES, of Elberon, 
retired from Navy - veteran of WW-II, Korea & Lebanon, 
b. 19 Jul 1919, NC, d. 21 Sep 1996, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 24 Sep 1996, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Sep. 22, 1996, p. 20 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His wife's obit ("Daily Press," Dec. 11, 1993, p. 20) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/n142e1ob.txt 


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