James Corbet Buzbee

James Corbet Buzbee married Annie Belle Hewett on 21 December 1912 in Hillsborough County, Florida. Annie Belle Hewett was the daughter of Henry Moses Hewett and Virginia Swilley. James and Annie had the following children: Charlie Corbett Buzbee, James Cecil Buzbee, Nan Virginia Buzbee, born 6 Nov 1919; Lawrence Henry Buzbee, born 30 Oct 1915, Lillian Cordelia Buzbee and Annie Belle Buzbee, born 25 Jul 1930. James and Annie settled and raised their family in the Ruskin area of Hillsborough County, Florida. James Corbet Buzbee was an avid fisherman and fished commercially in the Ruskin area for many years. I remember as a girl that my grandfather always had a spendid garden of vegetables, he would hang the onions from his shed and when we needed a bunch, we could just go pull some down. Even though he has been gone for over 30 years now, I can still remember his smell of Old Spice colonge and peppermint. He always had Chooz antacid gum in his pocket for him and a pack of Chiclets for the grandkids. I don’t remember much about my grandmother, Annie, except that she had long dark hair that would hit the floor when she brushed it and she always kept it up in two buns.

James and Annie were members of the First Baptist Church of Ruskin on College Ave. James Corbet Buzbee died 28 Jan 1976 in Hillsborough County, Florida and is buried in the Fellowship Cemetery in Balm. His wife, Annie Belle Hewett, died 27 Aug 1968 is buried next to James in Fellowship Cemetery. James and Annie’s youngest daughter, Annie Belle Buzbee, died at 14 on 15 Jul 1944 of Lukemia and is buried at Fellowship Cemetery in the family plot with her parents. Their son Lawrence Henry Buzbee and his wife, Leascie Smith Buzbee are also buried in Fellowship Cemetery but do not have headstones.