Descendants of Gus & Lillie Corbitt

JOHN H. CORBITT, SR.

(May 7, 1923 – June 12, 1990)

 

 

John H. Corbitt, Sr. was born in Orangeburg County, South Carolina on May 7, 1923.  He quietly went into eternal rest on Friday, January 12, 1990, after a brief illness.

 

John was the eighth of fourteen children born to Lillie Corbitt and the late Gus Corbitt.  In 1949, he left Orangeburg, S.C. and established residence in Washington, D.C.  He was employed many years with Safeway Bakery and Donohue Companies where he retired.

 

John was kind hearted, with a tremendous compassion for people.  It didn’t take much to make him happy.  He appreciated the little things in life and took great pride in the accomplishment of others.

 

He united with Corinthian Baptist Church in 1944, where he remained until the end.  He married Ethel Jones.  In this marriage there were five sons – Howard, John Jr., Calvin, and the late Robert and Walter Corbitt.

 

He will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Ethel Corbitt; three sons, Hayward, John Jr., and Calvin; mother, Lillie Corbitt of Columbia, S.C., six grandsons, Daryl, Kevin, Sean, Calvin (CC), Antonio, and Troy; two granddaughters, Eboni and Latasha; one great-grandson, Antonio; three daughters-in-law, Maria, Gloria, and Diane; four sisters, Gwendolyn Stephens and Zenobia Hart of Philadelphia, P.A., Leomia Johnson of East Orange, N.J., and Asenath E. Ferguson of Columbia, S.C.; three brothers, Casper Corbitt of Columbia, S.C., Deacons Levi Corbitt and Wyman Corbitt of North, S.C.; three sisters-in-law, Cleo Jones, Margaret McNeal of Washington, D.C., Christabell Jackson of Columbia, S.C; two brothers-in-law, Clifton Jones of Washington, D.C., and Reverend Asia Ferguson of Columbia, S.C; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.