Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Scarborough, Robert H., 1989 

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ROBERT HENRY SCARBOROUGH 

  SURRY - Robert Henry "Jake" Scarborough, 73, died Thursday, Nov. 16, at 
Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News.

  Mr. Scarborough was a native of Sussex County.  He was Surry County 
superintendent for the Virginia Department of Transportation, from which 
he retired in 1976 after 41 years.

  He was a member of Surry United Methodist Church and a veteran of World 
War II.

  Survivors include his wife, Emma Wrenn Scarborough; a son, Robert L. 
Scarborough of Wakefield; a sister, Elizabeth S. Eldridge of Richmond; 
three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

  A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Purviance Funeral Home, 
Wakefield, by the Rev. Donna Marie Foos and Dr. R.E. Brittle.  Burial will 
be in Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions 
to the Surry Volunteer Rescue Squad or Surry United Methodist Church.


Robert Henry "Jake" SCARBOROUGH, retired VDoT supervisor, WW-II veteran, 
b. 16 Oct 1915, Sussex Co., d. 16 Nov 1989, Newport News, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 18 Nov 1989, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Nov. 18, 1989, p. 23 

*His parents, Emmett Washington & Annie May (CONWAY) SCARBOROUGH, 
   are 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 

His widow's obit ("Daily Press," Nov. 22, 2000, p. 29) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/s616e1ob.txt 


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