Robert was the son of Elgan Whitley Tabor and Octavia Zane Tiller. He married Lalia Frances Reynolds, and they were the parents of Robert M., Eula, Lonnie, Edwin, Harry D. and another daughter.
Robert was the 6th of 10 children. He was a farmer, then worked for Pocahontas Fuel Co. at the age of 17 and assisted in building the power house at Boisevain, VA. He worked for a company at Switchback, VA,and helped to erect dwelling houses for employees. Robert worked in a restaurant, then opened a general store with a brother. Then he worked for Elliott-Frazier Company and opened a grocery store with a son of Mr. Elliott's in Bluefield, WV - "Tabor and Elliot," and later bought out Mr. Elliott.
R.A.TABOR IS VICTIM ON ROUTE 19
Elbert Hardens Seriously Hurt In 2-Car Pileup
A 77-yer-old resident of Bluefield, Va., Robert Alvin Tabor of 112 Olney St., Saturday became Tazewell County's first traffic highway fatality of 1965. He Died in Bluefield Sanitarium at 4 p.m. Saturday following an early afternoon head-on collision on a straight stretch of highway, less than one mile west of Bluefield, Va., on U.S. Rt. 19-460.
Death resulted from head and other injuries sustained in the 1:20 p.m. mishap. Two other persons, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert B. Harden of 1216 Augusta St., Bluefield, were seriously injured in the two-car collision and were undergoing treatment at the hospital last night...
Born at Mudfork in Tazewell County, Tabor was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Tabor. He was a retired merchant of the two Bluefields, and was a member of Memorial Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lalia Frances Reynolds Tabor; two daughters, Mrs. C.F. Dudley of Bluefield and Mrs. Warren E. Nunnely of Bluefield, Va.; two sons, Robert M. Tabor of Cleveland, Ohio, and Harry D. Tabor of North Kingstown, R.I.; three sisters, Mrs. C.M. Wagner of Falls Mills, Va., Mrs. Everett Baker of Mud Fork and Mrs. Stewart Bane of Bluefield, Va.
The body was taken to Dudley Memorial Mortuary, where funeral arrangements were incomplete.
(Article from "Bluefield Daily Telegraph," Bluefield, WV, February 7, 1965.)
Robert was the 6th of 10 children. He was a farmer, then worked for Pocahontas Fuel Co. at the age of 17 and assisted in building the power house at Boisevain, VA. He worked for a company at Switchback, VA,and helped to erect dwelling houses for employees. Robert worked in a restaurant, then opened a general store with a brother. Then he worked for Elliott-Frazier Company and opened a grocery store with a son of Mr. Elliott's in Bluefield, WV - "Tabor and Elliot," and later bought out Mr. Elliott.
R.A.TABOR IS VICTIM ON ROUTE 19
Elbert Hardens Seriously Hurt In 2-Car Pileup
A 77-yer-old resident of Bluefield, Va., Robert Alvin Tabor of 112 Olney St., Saturday became Tazewell County's first traffic highway fatality of 1965. He Died in Bluefield Sanitarium at 4 p.m. Saturday following an early afternoon head-on collision on a straight stretch of highway, less than one mile west of Bluefield, Va., on U.S. Rt. 19-460.
Death resulted from head and other injuries sustained in the 1:20 p.m. mishap. Two other persons, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert B. Harden of 1216 Augusta St., Bluefield, were seriously injured in the two-car collision and were undergoing treatment at the hospital last night...
Born at Mudfork in Tazewell County, Tabor was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Tabor. He was a retired merchant of the two Bluefields, and was a member of Memorial Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lalia Frances Reynolds Tabor; two daughters, Mrs. C.F. Dudley of Bluefield and Mrs. Warren E. Nunnely of Bluefield, Va.; two sons, Robert M. Tabor of Cleveland, Ohio, and Harry D. Tabor of North Kingstown, R.I.; three sisters, Mrs. C.M. Wagner of Falls Mills, Va., Mrs. Everett Baker of Mud Fork and Mrs. Stewart Bane of Bluefield, Va.
The body was taken to Dudley Memorial Mortuary, where funeral arrangements were incomplete.
(Article from "Bluefield Daily Telegraph," Bluefield, WV, February 7, 1965.)
Robert was the son of Elgan Whitley Tabor and Octavia Zane Tiller. He married Lalia Frances Reynolds, and they were the parents of Robert M., Eula, Lonnie, Edwin, Harry D. and another daughter.
Robert was the 6th of 10 children. He was a farmer, then worked for Pocahontas Fuel Co. at the age of 17 and assisted in building the power house at Boisevain, VA. He worked for a company at Switchback, VA,and helped to erect dwelling houses for employees. Robert worked in a restaurant, then opened a general store with a brother. Then he worked for Elliott-Frazier Company and opened a grocery store with a son of Mr. Elliott's in Bluefield, WV - "Tabor and Elliot," and later bought out Mr. Elliott.
R.A.TABOR IS VICTIM ON ROUTE 19
Elbert Hardens Seriously Hurt In 2-Car Pileup
A 77-yer-old resident of Bluefield, Va., Robert Alvin Tabor of 112 Olney St., Saturday became Tazewell County's first traffic highway fatality of 1965. He Died in Bluefield Sanitarium at 4 p.m. Saturday following an early afternoon head-on collision on a straight stretch of highway, less than one mile west of Bluefield, Va., on U.S. Rt. 19-460.
Death resulted from head and other injuries sustained in the 1:20 p.m. mishap. Two other persons, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert B. Harden of 1216 Augusta St., Bluefield, were seriously injured in the two-car collision and were undergoing treatment at the hospital last night...
Born at Mudfork in Tazewell County, Tabor was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Tabor. He was a retired merchant of the two Bluefields, and was a member of Memorial Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lalia Frances Reynolds Tabor; two daughters, Mrs. C.F. Dudley of Bluefield and Mrs. Warren E. Nunnely of Bluefield, Va.; two sons, Robert M. Tabor of Cleveland, Ohio, and Harry D. Tabor of North Kingstown, R.I.; three sisters, Mrs. C.M. Wagner of Falls Mills, Va., Mrs. Everett Baker of Mud Fork and Mrs. Stewart Bane of Bluefield, Va.
The body was taken to Dudley Memorial Mortuary, where funeral arrangements were incomplete.
(Article from "Bluefield Daily Telegraph," Bluefield, WV, February 7, 1965.)
Robert was the 6th of 10 children. He was a farmer, then worked for Pocahontas Fuel Co. at the age of 17 and assisted in building the power house at Boisevain, VA. He worked for a company at Switchback, VA,and helped to erect dwelling houses for employees. Robert worked in a restaurant, then opened a general store with a brother. Then he worked for Elliott-Frazier Company and opened a grocery store with a son of Mr. Elliott's in Bluefield, WV - "Tabor and Elliot," and later bought out Mr. Elliott.
R.A.TABOR IS VICTIM ON ROUTE 19
Elbert Hardens Seriously Hurt In 2-Car Pileup
A 77-yer-old resident of Bluefield, Va., Robert Alvin Tabor of 112 Olney St., Saturday became Tazewell County's first traffic highway fatality of 1965. He Died in Bluefield Sanitarium at 4 p.m. Saturday following an early afternoon head-on collision on a straight stretch of highway, less than one mile west of Bluefield, Va., on U.S. Rt. 19-460.
Death resulted from head and other injuries sustained in the 1:20 p.m. mishap. Two other persons, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert B. Harden of 1216 Augusta St., Bluefield, were seriously injured in the two-car collision and were undergoing treatment at the hospital last night...
Born at Mudfork in Tazewell County, Tabor was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Tabor. He was a retired merchant of the two Bluefields, and was a member of Memorial Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lalia Frances Reynolds Tabor; two daughters, Mrs. C.F. Dudley of Bluefield and Mrs. Warren E. Nunnely of Bluefield, Va.; two sons, Robert M. Tabor of Cleveland, Ohio, and Harry D. Tabor of North Kingstown, R.I.; three sisters, Mrs. C.M. Wagner of Falls Mills, Va., Mrs. Everett Baker of Mud Fork and Mrs. Stewart Bane of Bluefield, Va.
The body was taken to Dudley Memorial Mortuary, where funeral arrangements were incomplete.
(Article from "Bluefield Daily Telegraph," Bluefield, WV, February 7, 1965.)
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