Sussex-Southampton County-Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pittman, Josephine G. Cosby, 1942 

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MRS. JOSEPH [sic; JOSEPHINE] G. PITTMAN 

  Mrs. Josephine G. Pittman, aged 93, widow of John W. Pittman, of Southampton 
County, and daughter of Thomas and Evilia [sic*] Davis Cosby of Petersburg, 
died Tuesday night. 

  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Blanche Stortz, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. 
C.J. Cornwell, of Wakefield; two sons, W.R. Pittman, of Newport News: 30 
grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. 

  Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of 
Mrs. Cornwell in Wakefield, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Bates, pastor of the 
Methodist church at Wakefield.  Burial will be in the Wakefield cemetery. 


Josephine Gabriella (COSBY; Mrs. John W.) PITTMAN, of Southampton Co., 
b. 19 Nov 1848, Petersburg, d. 25 Mar 1942, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery**, 29 Nov 1976, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 23, No. 52, Mar. 26, 1942, p. 6, col. 5 

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

Her parents, Thomas Everard Jr. & Davilla Jane (DAVIS) COSBY, are buried in 
   Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg. 

Her husband is buried with his brothers & mother in a PITTMAN family cemetery, 
   Wakefield Rd.  SCHS Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-56): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 


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