Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Robert Batchelor
Washington Times Herald
Saturday, November 6, 1915
ROBERT BATCHELOR DEAD AFTER A LONG ILLNESS
Well Known Citizen Passes Away at Home in Third Ward
Funeral services for Robert R. Batchelor, thirty-nine years of age, who
died at 2:10 o'clock Friday afternoon at his home, northwest First Street,
will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the First United Brethren
Church. The Rev. W.W. Moore of Linton, a former pastor of the church,
will conduct the services and the burial will be made in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Batchelor, who was a well driller by occupation, had been in failing
health for more than a year. Pulmonary tuberculosis being the cause of
death. He was a native of Orange county and is survived by his mother;
his second wife Mrs. Lula Gibbs Batchelor and four children, George,
Eldon, Bernard and Edith, all of whom live at home. Mr. Batchelor was
a devout member of the United Brethren church. He was favorably known
through out the city.
Contributed by: Diane Gibbs Knight