Gloucester-Mathews Gazette Journal (Gloucester, Va.),
Thurs, June 22, 1972, p.3, c.1
Edward Taliaferro Corbell of Gloucester died Friday, June 16, 1972 in Kecoughtan Veterans Administration Hospital, Hampton, following a long illness.
He was born at "Fiddlers Green" and was a son of the late Samuel Vaughn Corbell and Agnes Catherine Thruston. He was the last survivor of the Landowns Thrustons.
A veteran of World War I, he served in the First Division, Company D, 26th Infantry. *He was badly wounded in the Battle of Argonne Forest and was cited for gallantry in action and meritorious conduct. He was a member of Abingdon Episcopal Church, White Marsh.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Carrie H. Corbell; a step-daughter, Mrs. Mildred Warner Larsen of New Berlin, Wis.; and a step-son, J. B. Cooke of Gloucester.
A funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Abingdon Church, conducted by the Rev. Samuel H. Sayre of Mathews, and the Rev. Philip Coyle, pastor of St. Therese Roman Catholic Church, Gloucester.
Active pallbearers were Hudson South, Norris Corbell, William Field, Lewis Burch, Richard Leigh and Karl Birkhofer.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
*(see The Gloucester Gazette, 23 Jan 1919, p.3, c.3: "Gloucester Boy Survives Terrible Injuries In Heroic Charge.")
Thurs, June 22, 1972, p.3, c.1
Edward Taliaferro Corbell of Gloucester died Friday, June 16, 1972 in Kecoughtan Veterans Administration Hospital, Hampton, following a long illness.
He was born at "Fiddlers Green" and was a son of the late Samuel Vaughn Corbell and Agnes Catherine Thruston. He was the last survivor of the Landowns Thrustons.
A veteran of World War I, he served in the First Division, Company D, 26th Infantry. *He was badly wounded in the Battle of Argonne Forest and was cited for gallantry in action and meritorious conduct. He was a member of Abingdon Episcopal Church, White Marsh.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Carrie H. Corbell; a step-daughter, Mrs. Mildred Warner Larsen of New Berlin, Wis.; and a step-son, J. B. Cooke of Gloucester.
A funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Abingdon Church, conducted by the Rev. Samuel H. Sayre of Mathews, and the Rev. Philip Coyle, pastor of St. Therese Roman Catholic Church, Gloucester.
Active pallbearers were Hudson South, Norris Corbell, William Field, Lewis Burch, Richard Leigh and Karl Birkhofer.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
*(see The Gloucester Gazette, 23 Jan 1919, p.3, c.3: "Gloucester Boy Survives Terrible Injuries In Heroic Charge.")
Gloucester-Mathews Gazette Journal (Gloucester, Va.),
Thurs, June 22, 1972, p.3, c.1
Edward Taliaferro Corbell of Gloucester died Friday, June 16, 1972 in Kecoughtan Veterans Administration Hospital, Hampton, following a long illness.
He was born at "Fiddlers Green" and was a son of the late Samuel Vaughn Corbell and Agnes Catherine Thruston. He was the last survivor of the Landowns Thrustons.
A veteran of World War I, he served in the First Division, Company D, 26th Infantry. *He was badly wounded in the Battle of Argonne Forest and was cited for gallantry in action and meritorious conduct. He was a member of Abingdon Episcopal Church, White Marsh.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Carrie H. Corbell; a step-daughter, Mrs. Mildred Warner Larsen of New Berlin, Wis.; and a step-son, J. B. Cooke of Gloucester.
A funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Abingdon Church, conducted by the Rev. Samuel H. Sayre of Mathews, and the Rev. Philip Coyle, pastor of St. Therese Roman Catholic Church, Gloucester.
Active pallbearers were Hudson South, Norris Corbell, William Field, Lewis Burch, Richard Leigh and Karl Birkhofer.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
*(see The Gloucester Gazette, 23 Jan 1919, p.3, c.3: "Gloucester Boy Survives Terrible Injuries In Heroic Charge.")
Thurs, June 22, 1972, p.3, c.1
Edward Taliaferro Corbell of Gloucester died Friday, June 16, 1972 in Kecoughtan Veterans Administration Hospital, Hampton, following a long illness.
He was born at "Fiddlers Green" and was a son of the late Samuel Vaughn Corbell and Agnes Catherine Thruston. He was the last survivor of the Landowns Thrustons.
A veteran of World War I, he served in the First Division, Company D, 26th Infantry. *He was badly wounded in the Battle of Argonne Forest and was cited for gallantry in action and meritorious conduct. He was a member of Abingdon Episcopal Church, White Marsh.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Carrie H. Corbell; a step-daughter, Mrs. Mildred Warner Larsen of New Berlin, Wis.; and a step-son, J. B. Cooke of Gloucester.
A funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Abingdon Church, conducted by the Rev. Samuel H. Sayre of Mathews, and the Rev. Philip Coyle, pastor of St. Therese Roman Catholic Church, Gloucester.
Active pallbearers were Hudson South, Norris Corbell, William Field, Lewis Burch, Richard Leigh and Karl Birkhofer.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
*(see The Gloucester Gazette, 23 Jan 1919, p.3, c.3: "Gloucester Boy Survives Terrible Injuries In Heroic Charge.")
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