Marvin Babb
Joel Marvin Babb, 93, resident of 1110 Marshall Road, former resident of Orchard Park Drive, husband of Nebraska City, Nebraska native Patricia Werner Babb for more than 68 years, died April 23, 2014, at Hospice House.
Born August 19, 1920, in Gray Court, SC, he was a son of the late Joel Melmoth and Mamie Stone Babb. He was a 1941 graduate of Clemson University and was a US Army Veteran of World War II. During his tour of duty he served as the youngest company commander in the Middle East, where he headed the 3923rd Truck Company in the Persian Gulf Command, carrying materiale to Russia. After three years of service there, the Company was transferred to the European Theater where among other important duties they carried fuel for General Patton, and transported the portable bridge for the Remagen Bridge that was destroyed.
Marvin had a long career with the Rural Electrification Administration bringing electricity and telephone service to rural communities throughout the United States. He retired in 1983, and started a new career as a skilled woodworker, long his hobby. He created furniture for his daughter and son-in-law for the renovation of Stony Point in Greenwood, the house his family had built in 1818.
He was a member of St. Andrews Anglican Church and was a Mason and member of various woodworking clubs.
Surviving in addition to his wife of the home are a son, Joel M. (Mary Frances) Babb, Jr. of Buckfield, ME; three daughters, Margaret Anne "Missy" (John) Lowery of Greenwood, Mary Elizabeth (Dr. J. Hugh) Macdonald of St. Louis, MO, and Patricia Martha Babb of Sugar Loaf, NY; a brother, E. Eugene Babb of Gray Court; and a grandson, John Paxton (Ruth Victoria) Macdonald of London, England.
Mr. Babb was preceded in death by one brother, Edward Morris Babb and two sisters, Cynthia Louise Babb Moore and Mary Bell Babb Rossiter.
Joel Marvin Babb, 93, resident of 1110 Marshall Road, former resident of Orchard Park Drive, husband of Nebraska City, Nebraska native Patricia Werner Babb for more than 68 years, died April 23, 2014, at Hospice House.
Born August 19, 1920, in Gray Court, SC, he was a son of the late Joel Melmoth and Mamie Stone Babb. He was a 1941 graduate of Clemson University and was a US Army Veteran of World War II. During his tour of duty he served as the youngest company commander in the Middle East, where he headed the 3923rd Truck Company in the Persian Gulf Command, carrying materiale to Russia. After three years of service there, the Company was transferred to the European Theater where among other important duties they carried fuel for General Patton, and transported the portable bridge for the Remagen Bridge that was destroyed.
Marvin had a long career with the Rural Electrification Administration bringing electricity and telephone service to rural communities throughout the United States. He retired in 1983, and started a new career as a skilled woodworker, long his hobby. He created furniture for his daughter and son-in-law for the renovation of Stony Point in Greenwood, the house his family had built in 1818.
He was a member of St. Andrews Anglican Church and was a Mason and member of various woodworking clubs.
Surviving in addition to his wife of the home are a son, Joel M. (Mary Frances) Babb, Jr. of Buckfield, ME; three daughters, Margaret Anne "Missy" (John) Lowery of Greenwood, Mary Elizabeth (Dr. J. Hugh) Macdonald of St. Louis, MO, and Patricia Martha Babb of Sugar Loaf, NY; a brother, E. Eugene Babb of Gray Court; and a grandson, John Paxton (Ruth Victoria) Macdonald of London, England.
Mr. Babb was preceded in death by one brother, Edward Morris Babb and two sisters, Cynthia Louise Babb Moore and Mary Bell Babb Rossiter.
Marvin Babb
Joel Marvin Babb, 93, resident of 1110 Marshall Road, former resident of Orchard Park Drive, husband of Nebraska City, Nebraska native Patricia Werner Babb for more than 68 years, died April 23, 2014, at Hospice House.
Born August 19, 1920, in Gray Court, SC, he was a son of the late Joel Melmoth and Mamie Stone Babb. He was a 1941 graduate of Clemson University and was a US Army Veteran of World War II. During his tour of duty he served as the youngest company commander in the Middle East, where he headed the 3923rd Truck Company in the Persian Gulf Command, carrying materiale to Russia. After three years of service there, the Company was transferred to the European Theater where among other important duties they carried fuel for General Patton, and transported the portable bridge for the Remagen Bridge that was destroyed.
Marvin had a long career with the Rural Electrification Administration bringing electricity and telephone service to rural communities throughout the United States. He retired in 1983, and started a new career as a skilled woodworker, long his hobby. He created furniture for his daughter and son-in-law for the renovation of Stony Point in Greenwood, the house his family had built in 1818.
He was a member of St. Andrews Anglican Church and was a Mason and member of various woodworking clubs.
Surviving in addition to his wife of the home are a son, Joel M. (Mary Frances) Babb, Jr. of Buckfield, ME; three daughters, Margaret Anne "Missy" (John) Lowery of Greenwood, Mary Elizabeth (Dr. J. Hugh) Macdonald of St. Louis, MO, and Patricia Martha Babb of Sugar Loaf, NY; a brother, E. Eugene Babb of Gray Court; and a grandson, John Paxton (Ruth Victoria) Macdonald of London, England.
Mr. Babb was preceded in death by one brother, Edward Morris Babb and two sisters, Cynthia Louise Babb Moore and Mary Bell Babb Rossiter.
Joel Marvin Babb, 93, resident of 1110 Marshall Road, former resident of Orchard Park Drive, husband of Nebraska City, Nebraska native Patricia Werner Babb for more than 68 years, died April 23, 2014, at Hospice House.
Born August 19, 1920, in Gray Court, SC, he was a son of the late Joel Melmoth and Mamie Stone Babb. He was a 1941 graduate of Clemson University and was a US Army Veteran of World War II. During his tour of duty he served as the youngest company commander in the Middle East, where he headed the 3923rd Truck Company in the Persian Gulf Command, carrying materiale to Russia. After three years of service there, the Company was transferred to the European Theater where among other important duties they carried fuel for General Patton, and transported the portable bridge for the Remagen Bridge that was destroyed.
Marvin had a long career with the Rural Electrification Administration bringing electricity and telephone service to rural communities throughout the United States. He retired in 1983, and started a new career as a skilled woodworker, long his hobby. He created furniture for his daughter and son-in-law for the renovation of Stony Point in Greenwood, the house his family had built in 1818.
He was a member of St. Andrews Anglican Church and was a Mason and member of various woodworking clubs.
Surviving in addition to his wife of the home are a son, Joel M. (Mary Frances) Babb, Jr. of Buckfield, ME; three daughters, Margaret Anne "Missy" (John) Lowery of Greenwood, Mary Elizabeth (Dr. J. Hugh) Macdonald of St. Louis, MO, and Patricia Martha Babb of Sugar Loaf, NY; a brother, E. Eugene Babb of Gray Court; and a grandson, John Paxton (Ruth Victoria) Macdonald of London, England.
Mr. Babb was preceded in death by one brother, Edward Morris Babb and two sisters, Cynthia Louise Babb Moore and Mary Bell Babb Rossiter.
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