Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Babb, Henry D., 1944 

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HENRY DAVID BABB

   Henry D. Babb, known to his friends generally as "Fiddler" Babb, died at his 
home near Courtland January 24, 72 years of age, after an illness of about six 
years. Mr. Babb was an exemplary citizen, a man of many friends and a 
successful farmer, owning the old Judge Prince place near Courtland, one of the 
best farms in Southampton County. A son of the late James and Mrs. Virginia 
Kitchen Babb; five sons, Ryland A. Babb of Bluefield, W.Va., Sergeant Marvin W. 
Babb, now in the South Pacific, Henry C. Babb of Ahoskie, N.C., David Vaughan 
Babb and Louis Spivey Babb of Courtland; three daughters, Mrs. V.G. Herring of 
Goldsboro, N.C., Mrs. James Pittman of Waverly and Mrs. James S. Baburek of 
Suffolk, nine grandchildren and two brothers, Emmett F. Babb and Mack Babb of 
Courtland.

   He was a faithful member of the Courtland Methodist Church and of the 
Wesleyman’s Bible Class of that church, funeral services being conducted from 
his residence Tuesday afternoon by his pastor, the Rev. Percy D. White, being 
assisted by a former pastor, the Rev. J.E. Brooks. The pall was of white and 
pink carnations. Active bearers were: L.W. McGarth, Charles R. Scott, F.W. 
Whitehead, H.B. McLemore, Jr., T.B. Bell, Leroy Bryant, Emmett R. Davis and 
Jas. T. Gillette. Burial was made in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.


[Henry David "Fiddler" BABB, d. 24 Jan 1944, age 72, 
 interred in Riverside Cemetery (Sect. I, Plot 54), Courtland, 25 Jan 1944, 
 donated obit, newspaper unknown, circa Jan. 26, 1944] 

[obit donated by Brad Whitehead, 
 file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.]