Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Addison, Ida A. Travis, 1928 

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IDA A. TRAVIS ADDISON 

DEATH OF ESTIMABLE LADY 

MRS. WILLIAM T. ADDISON SUCCUMBS TO RAVAGES OF DISEASE 
  AFTER LONG SPELL OF SICKNESS. 

  It is with deep regret and sorrow that we are compelled to chronicle the 
illness and death of one the most amiable and true Christian ladies within the 
precincts of Smithfield.

  Mrs. Ida A. Travis Addison, wife of William T. Addison residing about three 
miles south of Smithfield passed to the great beyond at 11 p.m. Sunday May 
13th, after an illness which has extended over a period of about thirty years.

  Mrs. Addison it seems had been a victim of indigestion and prior to her 
death had been under the care of a number of physicians and specialists as 
well as having been compelled to go to hospitals at various times for 
treatment.  Yet with all the science the physicians possessed and careful 
nursing at home, this disease made such inroads to her system that a number 
of complications set in, this rendering a permanent cure impossible.

  Mrs. Addison was born near Grimsby, Canada on Sept. 15, 1865 and was 
therefore 63 years old when she died.  She came to Smithfield about 41 years 
ago and has been a resident of this locality ever since.  She was married to 
Mr. William T. Addison about 40 years and to this union was born four 
children, three of whom are living - Mr. Jesse W. Addison, Town sergeant of 
Smithfield; Mrs. Minnie Crocker, of Newport News, and Mrs. Nellie Langford, 
who still resides at the home place.  There were also twelve grandchildren.

  When about 13 years of age Mrs. Addison became affiliated with the Methodist 
faith, and from that time on until her death was a consistent and true 
follower of this religion.  Her unselfish disposition, coupled with her 
natural desire to be of service and aid to all, with whom she came in contact 
made for her a host of everlasting friends, who can now realize to a greater 
extent than ever the true and worthy need of a lady of her noble 
characteristics.

  Funeral service were held at Uzzell's Methodist Church on Tuesday afternoon 
at 2:30, the Rev. Somersville, pastor of the church officiating.  Interment 
was made in the church cemetery, and was attended by a very large and 
sorrowing cortege of sympathetic friends.

  The large amount of floral tributes that covered the bier and room in which 
the body of Mrs. Addison reposed was a true indication of the esteem in which 
she was held.

  To the bereaved husband and children the Times extends along with their many 
other friends its sincere sympathy.


Ida A. (TRAVIS; Mrs. William T.) ADDISON, 
b. 15 Sep 1865, near Grimsby, Canada, d. 13 May 1928, 
interred in Uzzell's Methodist Church Cemetery*, 15 May 1928, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 6, No. 51, May 18, 1928, p. 1, col. 2  

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #13: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Her husband's obit ("Smithfield Times," Jan. 7, 1948, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/a325w5ob.txt 


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