Funeral services were held at the large chapel of the Hawkins Funeral Home with Dr. Charles L. Harmon officiating. He was burie

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Funeral services were held at the large chapel of the Hawkins Funeral Home with Dr. Charles L. Harmon officiating. He was buried by his wife in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Survivors included his son, Professor James M. Bobbitt of Storrs, Connecticut; one brother, Dr. 0. H. Bobbitt of St. Petersburg, Florida; two sisters, Mrs. Virginia Flentje of Huntington and Mrs. Lola Summers of Gauley Bridge; three grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Lambert Arrington, Tony Litito, C. E. Francis, Jr, John W. Oliver, H. Dixon Jones Jr. and Vernon Dunn.

The eulogy written by his nephew, John W. Bobbitt, was read by his niece, Yvonne Johnson, and John Bobbitt.

"Most of us living today, have few opportunities, to really know men of unusual quality. We the family, relatives and friends of, James Sterling Bobbitt, have had this experience, in our lives with this man.

"We knew him to be a man in the absolute and ultimate meaning of this word. A man who had unchangeable integrity, a man who used his strength to perform his duties well. A man who gave counsel and guidance in the sincerest desire to help his family and associates.

"The many roles all of us must play in the actions of life, sometimes hide the virtue, underneath the masks we must wear, but, to us gathered here today we know, Sterling Bobbitt, to have a nature that was sincere, loving and gentle, loyal to his wife, and son, considerate and respectful to all women, who, in his philosophy, provided the worthwhile attributes of life.

"He was at his best in the battles of our world at war. He was at his best behind a plow in the fields of the farm. He was at his best in front of his pupils at his class in school and behind his desk as a champion of education.

"Perhaps equally important he was at his best in the kitchen, helping his wife, and sisters, washing the dishes in their homes.

"Eulogies are for saying what we know best about the life of this man, who was soldier, brother, husband, father, farmer, and educator, but more important for saying what we need to remember about Sterling Bobbitt, when his excellent example is gone.

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