| VETERAN SOLDIER |
| CALLED BY DEATH |
BITT YESTERDAY Served in Civil War Under Robert E. Lee, Winning Distinction on Field--Leave Two Children Joseph Abbitt, Confederate veteran who served in the civil war with Robert E. Lee, was called yesterday to the eternal bivouac when he suffered a third stroke of paralysis at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. A. Nuchols, of Altizer Place. The late soldier located in Huntington but a few months ago, before that time residing in Lynchburg, Va. where he was a prosperous merchant. He leaves two children, Mrs. J. A. Nuckols and J. N. Abbitt, of Roanoke,Va. He served in the years of the Civil War with the Virginia division, going through the war at the side of Robert E. Lee, who at the close felicitated him for the bravery shown in many hard engagements. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the home in Altizer Place. Tall bearers are Lee A. D. Tate, Beamer Davis, C. O. Harrison, Lucien Hogg, B. E. Boswell and J. A. Chambers. Interment will be made Monday at his old home at Lynchburg. -The Huntington Herald-Dispatch, Sunday Morning, April 8, 1917 |
